Usually means: Expressing regret for a mistake.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word apologize:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. apologize: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. apologize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. apologize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. apologize: Collins English Dictionary
  5. apologize: Vocabulary.com
  6. Apologize, apologize: Wordnik
  7. apologize: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. apologize: Wiktionary
  9. apologize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. apologize: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. apologize: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Apologize, apologize: Dictionary.com
  13. apologize: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Apologize (OneRepublic song), Apologize (Timbaland song), Apologize (song), Apologize: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Apologize: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. apologize: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. apologize: Rhymezone
  18. Apologize: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. apologize: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. apologize: Free Dictionary
  21. apologize: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. apologize: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  23. apologize: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. apologize: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. apologize: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. apologize: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. apologize: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See apologized as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (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
verb:  (intransitive) To express regret that a certain event has occurred.
verb:  (intransitive, dated) To make an apologia or defense; to act as apologist.

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