Synonyms for apologize for
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1. apologize for

   Cloak, from the French, and palliate, from the Latin, are the same in original signification, but have diverged in meaning; a cloak may be used to hide completely the person or some object carried about the person, or it may but partly veil the figure, making the outlines less distinct; cloak is used in the former, palliate, in the latter sense; to cloak a sin is to attempt to hide it from discovery; to palliate it is to attempt to hide some part of its blameworthiness. "When we palliate our own or others' faults we do not seek to cloke them altogether, but only to extenuate the guilt of them in part." Trench Study of Words lect. vi, p. 266. Either to palliate or to extenuate is to admit the fault; but to extenuate is rather to apologize for the offender, while to palliate is to disguise the fault; hence, we speak of extenuating but not of palliating circumstances, since circumstances can not change the inherent wrong of an act, tho they may lessen the blameworthiness of him who does it; palliating a bad thing by giving it a mild name does not make it less evil. In reference to diseases, to palliate is really to diminish their violence, or partly to relieve the sufferer. Compare ALLEVIATE; HIDE.

   Synonyms:
   cloak, conceal, cover, extenuate, gloss over, hide, mitigate, palliate, screen, veil

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1. The President:

   I guess I shouldn't apologize, but I do apologize for the fact that the United States -- the last administration pulled out of the Paris accord. It put us sort of behind the eight ball a little bit.

2. The Russian:

   In the heat of the moment, I did a bad thing. I apologize for this.

3. Donald Trump:

   We are not going to apologize for America, we are going to stand up for America. No more apologies. We are going to stand up for our citizens, we are going to stand up for our values and we are going to stand up for our men and women in uniform, yes, they are respecting us again. Yes, America is back.

4. Hulk Hogan:

   Eight years ago I used offensive language during a conversation, it was unacceptable for me to have used that offensive language ; there is no excuse for it ; and I apologize for having done it.

5. Charlie Rose:

   In my 45 years in journalism, I have prided Charlie Rose on being an advocate for the careers of the women with whom I have worked, nevertheless, in the past few days, claims have been made about my behavior toward some former female colleagues … It is essential that these women know I hear them and that I deeply apologize for my inappropriate behavior. I am greatly embarrassed.