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accept apology

PHRASE

bury the hatchet

Synonyms

WEAK

bear no malice end a quarrel forget forgive hold out an olive branch kiss and make up let bygones be bygones make a peace offering make peace smoke the peace pipe wipe the slate clean

PHRASE

forgive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absolve condone excuse forget

STRONG

acquit amnesty clear commute efface exculpate exempt exonerate extenuate overlook palliate pocket purge release relent remit reprieve respite spring

WEAK

allow for bear no malice bear with bury the hatchet dismiss from mind kiss and make up laugh off let bygones be bygones let it go let off let off easy let pass let up on make allowance think no more of turn other cheek wink at wipe the slate clean

Antonyms

STRONGEST

condemn

STRONG

accuse blame hold increase keep maintain sentence

WEAK

censure charge punish

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And now her beauty was less victorious over him than that swift pride which could rebuke so delicately, that good-sportsmanship which could so instantly accept apology.

From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert

I refuse to obey or to accept apology!

From The Winds of the World by Mundy, Talbot

Though willing to accept apology and grant an oblivion of the past, I will never avow a penitence which I do not feel, or confess that I deserved the treatment I received.

From Jane Talbot by Brown, Charles Brockden

It is not denied that they did many things for which the world has been exceedingly slow to accept apology or excuse.

From Ku Klux Klan Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment by Lester, J. C.

To accept apology for them and not for his honour would surely be too barefaced!

From The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark A Study with the Text of the Folio of 1623 by MacDonald, George

accept apology

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