Apologize

Alternative forms

 * apologise

Etymology
, from apologia:, from  απολογία:, from απολογέομαι:, from απόλογος:, compound of απο-: and λόγος:.

Verb

 * 1)  To make an apology or defence.
 * 2)  To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends
 * My correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.
 * 1)  To express regret that a certain event has occurred.

Derived terms

 * apologist
 * apologizer

Related terms

 * apology
 * apologetics

Thesaurus
alibi; alibi out of; apologize for; ask forgiveness; beg indulgence; beg pardon; cover with excuses; defend; do penance; espouse; excuse; express regret; justify; lie out of; make apology for; offer excuse for; plead guilty; plead ignorance; reform; repent; squirm out of; take back; think better of; vindicate; worm out of

Translations

 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic: إعتذر
 * Bulgarian: извинявам се
 * Catalan: apologitzar
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: faire l'apologie de
 * German: sich entschuldigen


 * Hebrew:, ביקש סליחה
 * Hungarian: elnézést kér
 * Japanese:, 詫びる
 * Korean: 사과하다
 * Russian: извиняться,   извиниться
 * Spanish: disculparse
 * Welsh: ymddiheurio


 * American Sign Language:
 * Bulgarian: извинявам се
 * Catalan: apologitzar
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: pardonpeti
 * French: s'excuser
 * German: sich entschuldigen


 * Hungarian: bocsánatot kér, elnézést kér
 * Ido:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Spanish: disculparse