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.
I apologized for being late
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