Apologize vs Forgiveness - What's the difference?
apologize | forgiveness |
To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends
* Froude
To express regret that a certain event has occurred.
(dated) To make an apology or defense; to act as apologist.
The action of forgiving.
Readiness to forgive.
As a verb apologize
is to make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends.As a noun forgiveness is
the action of forgiving.apologize
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Alternative forms
* apologise (Commonwealth)Verb
(apologiz)- My correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.
- to apologize for his insolent language
Derived terms
() * apologist * apologizer * preapologizeReferences
* English reporting verbs ----forgiveness
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Noun
(-)- The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. -
