apologise
English Thesaurus
1. acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing (verb.communication)
| entail | : | acknowledge, admit, |
| definition | : | declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of (verb.communication) |
2. defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning (verb.communication)
| hyponym | : | color, colour, gloss, |
| definition | : | give a deceptive explanation or excuse for (verb.communication) |
| hyponym | : | plead, |
| definition | : | offer as an excuse or plea (verb.communication) |
| hyponym | : | extenuate, mitigate, palliate, |
| definition | : | lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (verb.communication) |
3. acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | apology, |
| definition | : | an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone (noun.communication) |
4. defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | justification, |
| definition | : | the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | rationalisation, rationalization, |
| definition | : | the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | justification, |
| definition | : | something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | apology, |
| definition | : | an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | justification, |
| definition | : | a statement in explanation of some action or belief (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | apologia, apology, |
| definition | : | a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | justifiable, |
| definition | : | capable of being justified (adj.all) |
5. acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | apology, |
| definition | : | an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone (noun.communication) |
6. defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | justification, |
| definition | : | the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | rationalisation, rationalization, |
| definition | : | the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | justification, |
| definition | : | something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | apology, |
| definition | : | an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | justification, |
| definition | : | a statement in explanation of some action or belief (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | apologia, apology, |
| definition | : | a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | justifiable, |
| definition | : | capable of being justified (adj.all) |
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