Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See apologize, apologizer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb same as
apologize .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb British Alternative form of
apologize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
- verb acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing
Etymologies
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Examples
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We therefore recommend that Mr Hain apologise by means of a personal statement on the floor of the House.
"serious and substantial" Not a sheep 2009
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The refusal of the cop to apologise is stupid and racist.
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I think, the most Schoking thing today was the first view of the inside of the Church in San Juan Chamula ... but I have to apologise, that is indescriptible for me.
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They are of course the life-blood of satirical books, of the kind made famous by Andrew Bierce's Devil's Dictionary, such as apologise 'to lay the foundation for future offence'.
On antinyms DC 2010
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They are of course the life-blood of satirical books, of the kind made famous by Andrew Bierce's Devil's Dictionary, such as apologise 'to lay the foundation for future offence'.
Archive 2010-07-01 DC 2010
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We weren't really sending Jade Goody over to 'apologise' for her behaviour at all.
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Australia: Police 'apologise' for closing Easter event
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Australia: Police 'apologise' for closing Easter event
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I'm tired of hearing Labour Ministers arguing that Tories should "apologise" and am sorry to hear Conservatives parroting the same, facile phrases.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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As for the Sena, matters have gone too far for it to appear to be doing a climbdown on the issue, particularly with Shah Rukh refusing to "apologise" to Thackeray on the matter.
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