[
US
/əˈpɑɫəˌdʒaɪz/
]
VERB
-
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
he rationalized his lack of success
rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior -
acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing
I apologized for being late
He apologized for the many typoes
How To Use apologize In A Sentence
- You can't have a show called Politically Incorrect and then abjectly apologize for not being PC.
- You'd think he'd have the common decency to apologize for what he said.
- Southern Oregon Indian Center, asked Coiner to publicly apologize for misstatements made at the Pottsville pow-wow, where his wedding — the occasion for the newspaper story — took place. Cordoves, Joaquin
- He apologized for the sweat he continually mopped from his forehead.
- I apologized to her for stepping on her foot.
- We deeply apologize for...
- He bows down to other countries, and continually apologizes to other countries for America's "misdeed" such as our response to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
- Go and apologize to her.
- Later, when he discovered the identity of the child, then thirteen, he wrote to apologize.
- So he thinks I'm going to apologize? How very droll!