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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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Apologize vs. Apologise -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Apologize and Apologise.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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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?
I apologise to Romans and to tourists for the unacceptable transport problems in recent days, i have decided to change the board.
I just wanted to apologise and to make him happy for a while, i gave him a T-shirt and a wristband from the match.
They said it’s never enough even if Japan pays tens of times more, but they don’t put much meaning on compensation, they just want Japan to apologise and let more of its people know, so that there will no longer be such war crimes.
If you ever dream of beating me then you better wake up and apologise
We apologise for this unprovoked and criminal intrusion into our customers' information.
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- вибачитисяUkrainian
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