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Verb apologize has 2 senses
- apologize, apologise - acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing; "I apologized for being late"; "He apologized for the many typoes"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to somebody
- apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise - defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
--2 is one way to defend, support, fend for
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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