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apologize
werkwoord
1 apologize
Acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing:
— I apologized for being late.
— He apologized for the many typoes.
synoniem: apologise.
Roget 952:
atone,
atone for;
expiate;
propitiate;
make amends,
make good;
reclaim,
redeem,
repair,
ransom,
absolve,
purge,
shrive,
do penance,
stand in a white sheet,
repent in sackcloth and ashes,
wear a hairshirt.
set one's house in order,
wipe off old scores,
make matters up;
pay the forfeit,
pay the penalty.
apologize,
beg pardon,
fair l'amende honorable [Fr.],
give satisfaction;
come down on one's knees,
fall down on one's knees,
down on one's marrow bones.
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2 apologize
Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning.
synoniemen: apologise, excuse, rationalise, rationalize.
Nederlands: vergeven, verontschuldigen, zich verontschuldigen, excuseren, billijken, goedpraten, justificeren, justifiëren, rechtigen, rechtvaardigen, verantwoorden, vergoelijken, wettigen ... meer laten zien
zelfstandig naamwoord
Roget 937:
vindication,
justification,
warrant;
exoneration,
exculpation;
acquittal
etc.
970;
whitewashing.
extenuation;
palliation,
palliative;
softening,
mitigation.
reply,
defense;
recrimination
etc.
938.
apology,
gloss,
varnish;
plea
etc.
617;
salvo;
excuse,
extenuating circumstances;
allowance,
allowance to be made;
locus paenitentiae [Lat.].
apologist,
vindicator,
justifier;
defendant
etc.
938.
justifiable charge,
true bill.
v..
justify,
warrant;
be an excuse for
etc.
n.;
lend a color,
furnish a handle;
vindicate;
exculpate,
disculpate†;
acquit
etc.
970;
clear,
set right,
exonerate,
whitewash;
clear the skirts of.
extenuate,
palliate,
excuse,
soften,
apologize,
varnish,
slur,
gloze;
put a gloss,
put a good face upon;
mince;
gloss over,
bolster up,
help a lame dog over a stile.
advocate,
defend,
plead one's cause;
stand up for,
stick up for,
speak up for;
contend for,
speak for;
bear out,
keep in countenance,
support;
plead
&c.,
617;
say in defense;
plead ignorance;
confess and avoid,
propugn†,
put in a good word for.
take the will for the deed,
make allowance for,
give credit for,
do justice to;
give one his due,
give the Devil his due.
make good;
prove the truth of,
prove one's case;
be justified by the event.
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Moby betekeniswoordenboek: alibi, alibi out of, apologize for, ask forgiveness, beg indulgence, beg pardon, cover with excuses, defend, do penance, espouse, excuse, express regret, justify, lie out of, make apology for, offer excuse for, plead guilty, plead ignorance, reform, repent, squirm out of, take back, think better of, vindicate, worm out of ... meer laten zien.
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