Apologize
Apologize verb - Acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing.
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Synonyms for Apologize
Make amends and apologize are semantically related in regret topic. In some cases you can use "Make amends" instead a verb "Apologize".
Make amends
Apologize and make amends are semantically related in compensate topic. Sometimes you can use "Apologize" instead a verb phrase "Make amends".
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Related pairs
- balance and apologize
- balance and make amends
- redeem and apologize
- redeem and make amends
- square and apologize
- square and make amends
- confess and apologize
- confess and make amends
- repair and apologize
- repair and make amends
- pay and apologize
- pay and make amends
- redress and apologize
- redress and make amends
Both terms in one sentence
- Unfortunately, by the time she remembers this, it's too late to apologize or make amends.
- Later in the movie, he tries to make amends and apologize to the kid he himself bullied as a child.
Source: Reformed Bully - Stab the Scorpion: The man who killed Earl's father has been following him in order to apologize and make amends, and ultimately saves his life.
Source: Film / Lone Star State of Mind
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Make amends and Apologize. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/apologize/make_amends
Apologize & Make amends. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/apologize/make_amends>.
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