Synonyms of the word apologize


APOLOGIZEAPOLOGISE - DEFEND - EXCUSE - JUSTIFY - RATIONALISE - RATIONALIZE - SUPPORT

apologize

  • v. (intransitive, often followed by “for”) To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense,…
  • v. (intransitive) To express regret that a certain event has occurred.
  • v. (intransitive) (dated) To make an apology or defense; to act as apologist.

apologise

  • v. (British spelling) Alternative form of apologize.

defend

  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
  • v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To prohibit, forbid.
  • v. (transitive) To ward off attacks from; to fight to protect; to guard.
  • v. (transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
  • v. (transitive, law) To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
  • v. (sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing…
  • v. (sports) To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did…
  • v. (poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind.

excuse

  • v. (transitive) To forgive; to pardon.
  • v. (transitive) To allow to leave.
  • v. (transitive) To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement.
  • v. To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon…
  • n. (countable, uncountable) Explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment.
  • n. (law) A defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accused party admits to doing acts for which…
  • n. (with negative adjective prepositioned, especially sorry or poor) An example.

justify

  • v. (transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.
  • v. (transitive) To be a good, acceptable reason for; warrant.
  • v. (transitive) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all…
  • v. (transitive) To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.
  • v. To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
  • v. (law) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject…
  • v. (law) To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.

rationalise

  • v. (British spelling) alternative spelling of rationalize.

rationalize

  • v. To make something rational or more rational.
  • v. To justify an immoral act, or illogical behaviour. “The process of thought by which one justifies a discreditable…
  • v. (mathematics) To remove radicals, without changing the value of an expression or the roots of an equation.
  • v. To structure something along modern, efficient and systematic lines, or according to scientific principles…

support

  • n. Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to.
  • n. Financial or other help.
  • n. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
  • n. (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure…
  • n. (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose…
  • n. Evidence.
  • n. (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
  • n. (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
  • v. (transitive) To keep from falling.
  • v. (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
  • v. (transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
  • v. (transitive) To help, particularly financially.
  • v. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
  • v. (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
  • v. (transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories,…
  • v. (transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
  • v. (archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
  • v. To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.

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