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Synonyms for apologise
apol·o·gise
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Princeton's WordNet
apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationaliseverb
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
"rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
Synonyms:
justify, condone, explain, relieve, prune, rationalize, excuse, beg off, vindicate, warrant, cut, let off, apologize, free, rationalise, exempt, absolve, pardonapologize, apologiseverb
acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing
"I apologized for being late"; "He apologized for the many typoes"
Synonyms:
excuse, apologize, justify, rationalise, rationalize
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Apologise
Apologize vs. Apologise -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Apologize and Apologise.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#42 | free | |
#1324 | cut | |
#2263 | sorry | |
#3082 | explain | |
#6601 | warrant | |
#7347 | exempt | |
#8557 | excuse | |
#9531 | justify | |
#13778 | relieve | |
#15033 | apologize | |
#15589 | apologies | |
#17325 | apology | |
#17724 | pardon | |
#31029 | apologise | |
#32728 | prune | |
#39252 | condone | |
#43009 | rationalize | |
#74511 | absolve | |
#80199 | vindicate | |
#94999 | rationalise |
How to use apologise in a sentence?
We have paid close attention to CCTV reporting ... and we sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused to our customers.
I want to apologise for a bad mistake I made over Christmas and I take full responsibility for my actions.
We apologise to all those affected and are looking into how this happened. We have reported the matter to the ICO (Information Commissioner's Office) and are contacting all those affected directly.
I apologise to the people of this country as chairman of Korean Air and as a father for the trouble caused by my daughter's foolish conduct.
On behalf of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the government both at the time and today I want to apologise.
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