apologize
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing
I apologized for being late
Related & opposite
- apology derivation
- acknowledge entails
Sense 2 verb
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- justification derivation
- rationalization derivation
- justification derivation
- apology derivation
- justification derivation
- apologia derivation
- exculpation derivation
- apologist derivation
- apologetic derivation
- justificative derivation
- justifiable derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | apology |
| 1 | entails | Related & opposite | acknowledge |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | justification |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rationalization |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | justification |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | apology |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | justification |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | apologia |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | exculpation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | apologist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | apologetic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | justificative |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | justifiable |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | defend |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | colour |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | plead |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | palliate |