apologizing

verb

present participle of apologize
as in confessing
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 apologizing Body camera video of the July 2024 encounter showed Massey crouching in her kitchen and apologizing moments before Grayson shot her in the face. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026 On Thursday, four days after her death, Neutrogena released a statement addressing its treatment of Panettiere, but falling short of actually apologizing. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026 Wayne orders Priscilla to shoot Lucky, who is preparing for the worst and apologizing to God. — Derek Lawrence, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026 So naturally, Melvin came back onto the test kitchen to grab some of the dip before dipping back out and apologizing. — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026 Instead of overreaction to Aegon’s taunts, Aemond keeps apologizing. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026 Boone announced the postponement in an Instagram story, apologizing to fans who had traveled to attend the show. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Maggie eventually, after apologizing repeatedly, offers to let Negan stab her in return, as though that would balance the scales. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Finally, prosecutors presented new evidence, including Colt’s notebooks outlining his plans and his statements to investigators admitting to the shooting and apologizing. — Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apologizing
  1. confessing
  2. excusing
  3. explaining
  4. justifying
Verb
  • Of course, confessing to any involvement in Haleigh’s disappearance could also land Trinity in a lot more trouble.
    — Dateline NBC, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2026
  • After posting a video earlier this week asking if anyone else couldn’t stop purchasing diamonds via TikTok, his comment section quickly flooded with more than a thousand replies from people across the country, all confessing their little secret.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of confessing
Verb
  • Not that Miss Manners is excusing those who burst into dinner parties after the roast has been ruined — along with the other guests’ attitudes, most likely — and then blame it on traffic.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
  • Part of that is the team’s fault, as Boone and Cashman have spent much of his career staunchly defending and excusing the former first-round pick’s poor play.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 July 2026
Definition of excusing
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  • Lanterns wastes little time explaining this backstory ad nauseam and instead creates an immediately inviting dynamic between him and Hal, who comes to him demanding information on Manhunters.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Washington recognizes this development, explaining efforts to quietly shift assets and troops to bases further away from Iran.
    — Alexander Langlois, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of explaining
Verb
  • Former grand mufti Ahmad Badreddine Hassoun, an Assad loyalist who was vocally in support of the government's policies, was convicted of inciting violence and justifying murder.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The second, less visible but arguably more consequential, is that the capability gap justifying dependence on closed frontier labs has nearly disappeared.
    — Pawel Rzeszucinski, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of justifying

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“Apologizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apologizing. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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