"apologize" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /əˈpɒləd͡ʒaɪz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈpɑləd͡ʒaɪz/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-apologize.wav Forms: apologizes [present, singular, third-person], apologizing [participle, present], apologized [participle, past], apologized [past]
Etymology: apology + -ize, from ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defense”), from ἀπολογέομαι (apologéomai, “to speak in one’s defense”), from ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “an account, story”), compound of ἀπο- (apo-, “from, off”) and λόγος (lógos, “speech”); compare also ἀπολογίζομαι (apologízomai, “to render an account”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|apology|ize}} apology + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} apologize (third-person singular simple present apologizes, present participle apologizing, simple past and past participle apologized)
  1. (intransitive, often followed by “for”) To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive, often Translations (to make an apology or excuse): kërkoj falje (Albanian), A@Chest-PalmBack CirclesVert (American Sign Language), اِعْتَذَرَ (iʕtaḏara) (Arabic), اِسْتَعْذَرَ (istaʕḏara) (Arabic), اِسْتَصْفَحَ (istaṣfaḥa) (Arabic), ներողություն խնդրել (neroġutʻyun xndrel) (Armenian), üzr istəmək (Azerbaijani), выбача́цца (vybačácca) [imperfective] (Belarusian), вы́бачыцца (výbačycca) [perfective] (Belarusian), прабача́цца (prabačácca) [imperfective] (Belarusian), праба́чыцца (prabáčycca) [perfective] (Belarusian), перапра́шваць (pjeraprášvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), перапрасі́ць (pjeraprasícʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), извиня́вам се (izvinjávam se) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), извиня́ се (izvinjá se) [perfective] (Bulgarian), တောင်းပန် (taung:pan) (Burmese), apologitzar (Catalan), доҗи (doži) [Dungan] (Chinese), 道歉 (dàoqiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), omlouvat se [imperfective] (Czech), omluvit se [perfective] (Czech), undskylde sig (Danish), zich verontschuldigen (Dutch), pardonpeti (Esperanto), vabandama (Estonian), pyytää anteeksi (Finnish), pahoitella (Finnish), s’excuser (French), ბოდიშის მოხდა (bodišis moxda) (Georgian), sich entschuldigen (German), ζητάω συγγνώμη (zitáo syngnómi) (Greek), mihi (Hawaiian), הִתְנַצֵּל (hitnatsél) (Hebrew), क्षमा मांगना (kṣamā māṅgnā) (Hindi), bocsánatot kér (Hungarian), elnézést kér (Hungarian), sajnálkozik (Hungarian), exkuzar (Ido), kyssyä anteeks (Ingrian), scusarsi (Italian), 謝る (ayamaru) (alt: あやまる) (Japanese), 詫びる (wabiru) (alt: わびる) (Japanese), 謝罪する (shazai suru) (alt: しゃざいする) (Japanese), кешірім сұрау (keşırım sūrau) (Kazakh), លន់តួ (lŭən tuə) (Khmer), 사과하다 (sagwahada) (Korean), 사죄하다 (sajoehada) (Korean), кечирим суроо (kecirim suroo) (Kyrgyz), ຂໍໂທດ (khǭ thōt) (Lao), atvainoties (Latvian), atsiprašyti (Lithuanian), се извинува (se izvinuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), се извини (se izvini) [perfective] (Macedonian), whakapāha (Maori), unnskylde seg (Norwegian Bokmål), beklage (Norwegian Bokmål), lādian (Old English), عذرخواهی کردن ('ozr-xâhi kardan) (Persian), معذرت خواستن (ma'zerat xâstan) (Persian), przepraszać [imperfective] (Polish), przeprosić [perfective] (Polish), apologizować [imperfective] (Polish), desculpar-se (Portuguese), cere scuze (Romanian), извиня́ться (izvinjátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), извини́ться (izvinítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), испри́чати се [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), ispríčati se [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), ospravedlňovať sa [imperfective] (Slovak), ospravedlniť sa [perfective] (Slovak), opravičevati se [imperfective] (Slovene), opravičiti se [perfective] (Slovene), disculparse (Spanish), be om ursäkt (Swedish), ursäkta sig (Swedish), узр хостан (uzr xostan) (Tajik), узр пурсидан (uzr pursidan) (Tajik), афв талабидан (afv talabidan) (Tajik), ขอโทษ (kɔ̌ɔ-tôot) (Thai), özür dilemek (Turkish), ötünç soramak (Turkmen), вибача́тися (vybačátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), ви́бачитися (výbačytysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian), перепро́шувати (perepróšuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), перепроси́ти (pereprosýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), عُذْر کَرْنَا ('uzr karnā) (Urdu), مُعافی مانْگْنا (mu'āfī māṅgnā) (Urdu), كەچۈرۈم سورىماق (kechürüm sorimaq) (Uyghur), kechirim soʻramoq (Uzbek), uzr soʻramoq (Uzbek), afv soʻramoq (Uzbek), xin lỗi (Vietnamese), אַנטשולדיקן זיך (antshuldikn zikh) (Yiddish)
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  2. (intransitive) To express regret that a certain event has occurred. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive Translations (to express regret): pahoitella (Finnish), s’excuser (French), présenter des excuses (French), chiedere perdono (Italian), chiedere scusa (Italian), scusarsi (Italian), sibi paenitēre (Latin), whakapāha (Maori), przepraszać [imperfective] (Polish), przeprosić [perfective] (Polish), pedir desculpas/perdão (Portuguese), desculpar-se (Portuguese)
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  3. (intransitive, dated) To make an apologia or defense; to act as apologist. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, dated, intransitive Translations (to make an apology or defense): apologitzar (Catalan), verantwoorden (Dutch), puolustella (Finnish), faire l’apologie de (French), védőbeszédet tart (Hungarian), lādung [feminine] (Old English), apologizar (Portuguese), fazer apologia a (Portuguese)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: apologise (english: non-Oxford British English) Derived forms: apologist, apologizable, apologization, apologizer, apologiser, apologizingly, overapologize, preapologize, reapologize, unapologizing Related terms: apologetics, apology

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          "ref": "1856, James Anthony Froude, History of England from the fall of Wolsey to the death of Elizabeth",
          "text": "Barnes was commanded, with Garrett and Jerome, to make a public acknowledgment of his errors; and to apologize especially for his insolent language to Gardiner",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)",
          "text": "Today I want to apologize to my co-workers.\nAudio (US): (file)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends"
      ],
      "id": "en-apologize-en-verb-z66AH7I5",
      "links": [
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "excuse",
          "excuse"
        ],
        [
          "acknowledge",
          "acknowledge"
        ],
        [
          "fault",
          "fault"
        ],
        [
          "offense",
          "offense"
        ],
        [
          "regret",
          "regret"
        ],
        [
          "amends",
          "amends"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, often followed by “for”) To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "followed by “for”"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "English",
        "Oxford",
        "US",
        "intransitive",
        "often"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "kërkoj falje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "ase",
          "lang": "American Sign Language",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "A@Chest-PalmBack CirclesVert"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "iʕtaḏara",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "اِعْتَذَرَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "istaʕḏara",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "اِسْتَعْذَرَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "istaṣfaḥa",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "اِسْتَصْفَحَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "neroġutʻyun xndrel",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "ներողություն խնդրել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "üzr istəmək"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "vybačácca",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "выбача́цца"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "výbačycca",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "вы́бачыцца"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "prabačácca",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "прабача́цца"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "prabáčycca",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "праба́чыцца"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pjeraprášvacʹ",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "перапра́шваць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pjeraprasícʹ",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "перапрасі́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izvinjávam se",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "извиня́вам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izvinjá se",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "извиня́ се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "taung:pan",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "တောင်းပန်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "apologitzar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "dng",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "doži",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Dungan"
          ],
          "word": "доҗи"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàoqiàn",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "道歉"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "omlouvat se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "omluvit se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "undskylde sig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "zich verontschuldigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "pardonpeti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "vabandama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "pyytää anteeksi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "pahoitella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "s’excuser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "bodišis moxda",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "ბოდიშის მოხდა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "sich entschuldigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "zitáo syngnómi",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "ζητάω συγγνώμη"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "mihi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hitnatsél",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "הִתְנַצֵּל"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "kṣamā māṅgnā",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "क्षमा मांगना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "bocsánatot kér"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "elnézést kér"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "sajnálkozik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "exkuzar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "kyssyä anteeks"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "scusarsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "alt": "あやまる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ayamaru",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "謝る"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "alt": "わびる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "wabiru",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "詫びる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "alt": "しゃざいする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shazai suru",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "謝罪する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "keşırım sūrau",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "кешірім сұрау"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "lŭən tuə",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "លន់តួ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sagwahada",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "사과하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sajoehada",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "사죄하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "kecirim suroo",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "кечирим суроо"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "khǭ thōt",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "ຂໍໂທດ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "atvainoties"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "atsiprašyti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "se izvinuva",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "се извинува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "se izvini",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "се извини"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "whakapāha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "unnskylde seg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "beklage"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "lādian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "'ozr-xâhi kardan",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "عذرخواهی کردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "ma'zerat xâstan",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "معذرت خواستن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "przepraszać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "przeprosić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "apologizować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "desculpar-se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "cere scuze"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "izvinjátʹsja",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "извиня́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "izvinítʹsja",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "извини́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "испри́чати се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "ispríčati se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ospravedlňovať sa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "ospravedlniť sa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "opravičevati se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "opravičiti se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "disculparse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "be om ursäkt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "ursäkta sig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "uzr xostan",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "узр хостан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "uzr pursidan",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "узр пурсидан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "afv talabidan",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "афв талабидан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kɔ̌ɔ-tôot",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "ขอโทษ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "özür dilemek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "ötünç soramak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vybačátysja",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "вибача́тися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "výbačytysja",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "ви́бачитися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "perepróšuvaty",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "перепро́шувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pereprosýty",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "перепроси́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "'uzr karnā",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "عُذْر کَرْنَا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "mu'āfī māṅgnā",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "مُعافی مانْگْنا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "kechürüm sorimaq",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "كەچۈرۈم سورىماق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "kechirim soʻramoq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "uzr soʻramoq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "afv soʻramoq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 2 12",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
          "word": "xin lỗi"
        },
        {
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "pahoitella"
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      "word": "pedir desculpas/perdão"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "apologitzar"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to make an apology or defense",
      "word": "puolustella"
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      "word": "faire l’apologie de"
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      "word": "védőbeszédet tart"
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      "word": "apologizar"
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      "word": "A@Chest-PalmBack CirclesVert"
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      "word": "اِعْتَذَرَ"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "neroġutʻyun xndrel",
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      "word": "üzr istəmək"
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      "word": "တောင်းပန်"
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      "word": "доҗи"
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      "code": "da",
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      "word": "zich verontschuldigen"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "word": "pardonpeti"
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      "code": "et",
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      "word": "vabandama"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "pyytää anteeksi"
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      "word": "pahoitella"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "bodišis moxda",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "ბოდიშის მოხდა"
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      "word": "क्षमा मांगना"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "bocsánatot kér"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "elnézést kér"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "io",
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      "code": "izh",
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      "word": "kyssyä anteeks"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "scusarsi"
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      "alt": "あやまる",
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      "word": "謝る"
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      "word": "謝罪する"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "keşırım sūrau",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "кешірім сұрау"
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "lŭən tuə",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "លន់តួ"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sagwahada",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "사과하다"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "sajoehada",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
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      "code": "ky",
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      "roman": "kecirim suroo",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "кечирим суроо"
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    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "khǭ thōt",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "ຂໍໂທດ"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "atvainoties"
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      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "atsiprašyti"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "word": "се извинува"
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      "code": "mi",
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    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "unnskylde seg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "beklage"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "lādian"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "'ozr-xâhi kardan",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "عذرخواهی کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ma'zerat xâstan",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "معذرت خواستن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przepraszać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przeprosić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "apologizować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "desculpar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "cere scuze"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izvinjátʹsja",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "извиня́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izvinítʹsja",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "извини́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "испри́чати се"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ispríčati se"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ospravedlňovať sa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ospravedlniť sa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "opravičevati se"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "opravičiti se"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "disculparse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "be om ursäkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "ursäkta sig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "uzr xostan",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "узр хостан"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "uzr pursidan",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "узр пурсидан"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "afv talabidan",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "афв талабидан"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kɔ̌ɔ-tôot",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "ขอโทษ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "özür dilemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "ötünç soramak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vybačátysja",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вибача́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výbačytysja",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ви́бачитися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perepróšuvaty",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "перепро́шувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pereprosýty",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "перепроси́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "'uzr karnā",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "عُذْر کَرْنَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "mu'āfī māṅgnā",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "مُعافی مانْگْنا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "kechürüm sorimaq",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "كەچۈرۈم سورىماق"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "kechirim soʻramoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "uzr soʻramoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "afv soʻramoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "xin lỗi"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "antshuldikn zikh",
      "sense": "to make an apology or excuse",
      "word": "אַנטשולדיקן זיך"
    }
  ],
  "word": "apologize"
}

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