as in to confess
to express regret for doing or saying something wrong
I want to apologize to you for my rude behavior yesterday. We apologize for the mistake and promise that it won't happen again.
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Recent Examples of apologize
In a page out of Pryce’s playbook, Wilson apologized to make peace.
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Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 5 June 2025
Koenig addressed the court and the Bartell family for the first time at the Tuesday sentencing and apologized, according to the DA’s office.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 3 June 2025
In court last week, Brooks apologized as Fraser’s family listened.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025
My thought was to text her and apologize and start that way.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
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Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 5 June 2025
Koenig addressed the court and the Bartell family for the first time at the Tuesday sentencing and apologized, according to the DA’s office.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 3 June 2025
In court last week, Brooks apologized as Fraser’s family listened.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025
My thought was to text her and apologize and start that way.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apologize
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Investigators said Willis confessed to beating the woman in his car before dragging her into the woods.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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In June 2024, Destiny R. Kley, 22, allegedly confessed to setting an arson fire in her kitchen, displacing 27 residents across three floors of the building.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
5 June 2025
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Distraught over the proceedings, Shepperd excused herself to use the restroom.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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The Gophers men’s basketball coach can be excused for his lack of interior designing; he’s been busy the past two-plus months putting together almost an entirely new roster, amassing nine new players via the NCAA transfer portal.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
6 June 2025
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And as one dad recently shared on Reddit, the days of explaining things with talk of storks or other mythical tales are likely over.—
Christian Dashiell,
Parents,
7 June 2025
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Nivola in Lochlan’s season-ending near-death experience and Koch in a one-take episode in which Erik explains to his attorney the abuse within the Menendez household.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
7 June 2025
Verb
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But as cloud spend goes up, the need to justify cost efforts and demonstrate cost avoidance to execs will increase.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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His breezy accounts betray no anxiety to justify the expense of sending him around the world.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025
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“Apologize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apologize. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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