APOLOGISE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing
   Synonym(s)
   • apologize (what does apologize mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • I apologized for being late
   • He apologized for the many typoes
   Derived(s)
   • apology (what does apology mean?)
   • apology (what does apology mean?)
   Entail(s)
   • admit (what does admit mean?)
   • acknowledge (what does acknowledge mean?)
2. Meaning
   • defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
   Synonym(s)
   • apologize (what does apologize mean?)
   • excuse (what does excuse mean?)
   • justify (what does justify mean?)
   • rationalise (what does rationalise mean?)
   • rationalize (what does rationalize mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • rationalize the child’’s seemingly crazy behavior
   • he rationalized his lack of success
   Hypernyms(s) apologise is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • defend (what does defend mean?)
   • support (what does support mean?)
   • fend for (what does fend for mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • color (what does color mean?)
   • colour (what does colour mean?)
   • gloss (what does gloss mean?)
   • plead (what does plead mean?)
   • extenuate (what does extenuate mean?)
   • palliate (what does palliate mean?)
   • mitigate (what does mitigate mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • rationalization (what does rationalization mean?)
   • rationalisation (what does rationalisation mean?)
   • rationalization (what does rationalization mean?)
   • rationalisation (what does rationalisation mean?)
   • justification (what does justification mean?)
   • justification (what does justification mean?)
   • justification (what does justification mean?)
   • apologist (what does apologist mean?)
   • vindicator (what does vindicator mean?)
   • justifier (what does justifier mean?)
   • excuse (what does excuse mean?)
   • alibi (what does alibi mean?)
   • exculpation (what does exculpation mean?)
   • self-justification (what does self-justification mean?)
   • apology (what does apology mean?)
   • apologia (what does apologia mean?)
   • apology (what does apology mean?)