Definitions
acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Say sorry”9 letters
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