Definition of Apologize

Apologize

To make an apology or defense.

To make an apology or excuse; to make acknowledgment of some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends; -- with for; as, my correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.

To defend.

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Apologize Quotations

If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.
Muhammad Ali

Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything.
Harry S. Truman

Watching President Obama apologize last week for America's arrogance - before a French audience that owes its freedom to the sacrifices of Americans - helped convince me that he has a deep-seated antipathy toward American values and traditions.
Rick Santorum

To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.
Ambrose Bierce

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
Benjamin Disraeli

I want to apologize to all of the people I have let down because of my behavior which has reflected badly on my family, friends, co-workers, business associates and others.
Kate Moss

Saying, 'I'm sorry' is the same as saying, ' I apologize.' Except at a funeral.
Demetri Martin

For many my behavior has been a major disappointment, my behavior has caused considerable worry to my business partners, and everyone involved in my business, but most importantly to the young people we influence, I apologize.
Tiger Woods

I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.
Spiro T. Agnew

America's finest - our men and women in uniform, are a force for good throughout the world, and that is nothing to apologize for.
Sarah Palin

You've probably noticed already that I'm dressed like a grown-up... I apologize to the Academy, and I promise that I will never do it again.
Cher

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
P. G. Wodehouse

Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses?
David Brin

All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apologize to anyone for being born a Zulu, or for having that culture.
Mangosuthu Buthelezi

Why should I apologize because God throws in crystal chandeliers, mahogany floors, and the best construction in the world?
Jim Bakker

Never apologize. Never explain. Just get the thing done, and let them howl.
Agnes Macphail

I will never apologize for standing up for my fellow Teamsters and all American workers.
James P. Hoffa

Canadians can easily 'pass for American' as long as we don't accidentally use metric measurements or apologize when hit by a car.
Doug Coupland

I won't apologize for ticket prices. I think we're well worth it. We consider ourselves in the elite touring acts, like the Stones, Elton John, Paul McCartney.
Glenn Frey

The biggest change in my life is that I now have to apologize for being thin.
Cathy Guisewite

If the world would apologize, I might consider a reconciliation.
Mason Cooley

I never, ever want to apologize for a film. If it's bad I'll say it's my fault. And that's what I can say so far in all the films that I've done, that if you don't like it, it's entirely my fault.
Ken Burns

And rather than hide that, I would rather put that out on the radio and let someone see the full range of emotions. If you're going to be strong on the radio, you got to let it all out, even the ugly stuff. And you can't apologize for it.
Howard Stern

I didn't have anything to apologize for.
Bernie Ebbers

I have a responsibility, and it's something that I did wrong, and if I could personally apologize to every single person that has lost a loved one from drunk driving I would.
Nicole Richie

If the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it's clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush administration again.
Bill O'Reilly

I am here today to again apologize for the personal mistakes I have made and the embarrassment I have caused. I make this apology to my neighbors and my constituents, but I make it particularly to my wife, Huma.
Anthony Weiner

You get to the middle of a take that's going really well and the camera will run out of film. They have to stop you, apologize and then you've got to get things going all over again.
David Morse

I liked the way my character, Shane, was first introduced. You get introduced to her through this sexual action, and I thought that was so cool and just kind of summed up what she enjoys and who she is, to a certain extent. She's a complete sexual being and the great thing is that she doesn't apologize for it. It's just who she is. We rarely see women be able to do that on television.
Katherine Moennig

As in any war, there have been dreadful mistakes and civilian casualties. The difference is when Israelis kill innocents they apologize; when Hezbollah kills innocents they celebrate.
J. D. Hayworth

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Apologize Translations

apologize in Danish is undskylde sig
apologize in Dutch is zich verontschuldigen
apologize in German is entschuldigen, sich entschuldigen
apologize in Italian is scusare
apologize in Portuguese is desculpe-se
apologize in Spanish is excusar, disculparse

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