apologize for

To express regret or remorse for something. If you would just apologize for lying, we can all move on and forget about it. I will never apologize for my religious beliefs.

apologize (to someone) for (someone)

to make an apology to someone for someone else's actions. Would you please apologize to Wally for Tom? I apologized for Frank to the hostess. I had to apologize for Frank. I had to apologize to the hostess. He was never able to apologize to himself for his past errors.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Laurence (1)	LAWR-ənts	English
GÜLİZar	-	Turkish
Marcie	MAHR-see	English
Viivi	VEE:-vee	Finnish
Gaylord	['geiləd]
Baltasar (2)	-	Biblical Greek