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apologize

(also apologise)

VERB

[NO OBJECT]
  • Express regret for something that one has done wrong.
    ‘I must apologize for disturbing you like this’
    ‘we apologize to him for our error’

Origin

Late 16th century (in the sense ‘make a defensive argument’): from Greek apologizesthai give an account, from apologos (see apologue). In English the verb has always been used as if it were a direct derivative of apology.

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