( BrE also apolo·gise ) / əˈpɒlədʒaɪz; NAmE əˈpɑːl-/ verb
[ v ] apologize (to sb) (for sth) to say that you are sorry for doing sth wrong or causing a problem :
Why should I apologize?
Go and apologize to her.
We apologize for the late departure of this flight.
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent. (in the sense make a defensive argument ): from Greek apologizesthai give an account, from apologos story. In English the verb has always been used as if it were a direct derivative of apology .