Other forms: apologised, apologises, apologising
To apologise is to say sorry for something you did. Apologise to her, apologise for the delay, refuse to apologise.
This is the British spelling; American English writes apologize. The prepositions are to a person and for a thing. A non-apology apology — I am sorry if anybody was offended — apologises for the reaction rather than the act, and is instantly recognised as such. Note apology, apologetic; and that apology in its oldest sense means a formal defence of a position, which is why an apologist argues rather than regrets.
1verbapologiseTo say sorry for something you did.
“You should apologise to your sister for breaking her phone.”
synonyms: apologize, say sorry
apologise is a saying sorry.
Also accepted in games: apologize
French
apologie
English
apology
English, today
apologise
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From apology + -ise. apology Borrowed from French apologie. From French apologie, from Latin apologia, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (“a speech in defence”), from ἀπολογοῦμαι (“I speak in my defense”), from ἀπόλογος (“an account, story”), from ἀπό (“from, off”) (see apo-) + λόγος (“speech”). a doublet of apologia. by surface analysis, apo- + -logy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA