Apologize
Apologize verb - Acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing.
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Synonyms for Apologize
Correct and apologize are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Correct" instead a verb "Apologize".
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- It shows, especially when he makes a mistake, which he will usually correct and apologize for with some self-deprecating humor.
Source: Podcast / Skeptoid - Twilight Velvet: I do ever so apologize, Princess, but I must correct you on one little thing.
Source: Mama Bear / Fan Fiction - For him to apologize would imply that he was actually wrong, which is impossible for a genius like him, as his calculations for all things in life are always correct.
Source: The Unapologetic
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Correct and Apologize. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/apologize/correct
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