apologise

verb
/əˈpɒləˌd͡ʒaɪz/

Etymology

From apology + -ise.

  1. derived from ἀπολογία
  2. derived from apologia
  3. borrowed from apologie
  4. formed as apologise — “apology + -ise

Definitions

  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologize.

    • The Rector sconced him in the buttery-book, but Webberly “wiped it off, with irreverent and unbeseeming language.” For this, he had to apologise, and go without his commons for three months.
    • John Mayer has apologised for using a racist epithet in a recent interview with Playboy magazine, after a number of prominent black musicians aired their disapproval.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA