OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 9126

apologize

/əˈpɒləd͡ʒaɪz/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
disculparse • pedir disculpas • pedir perdón
To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends
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
My correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.