apologize
verbEtymology
From apology + -ize, from ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defense”), from ἀπολογέομαι (apologéomai, “to speak in one’s defense”), from ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “an account, story”), compound of ἀπο- (apo-, “from, off”) and λόγος (lógos, “speech”); compare also ἀπολογίζομαι (apologízomai, “to render an account”).
Definitions
To make an apology or excuse
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.
- Barnes was commanded, with Garrett and Jerome, to make a public acknowledgment of his errors; and to apologize especially for his insolent language to Gardiner
- Today I want to apologize to my co-workers.
To express regret that a certain event has occurred.
To make an apologia or defense
To make an apologia or defense; to act as apologist.
- To this purpose the most witty, cautious and subtile ſort of the Pagans apologize for themselves
The neighborhood
- neighborapologetics
- neighborapology
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for apologize. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA