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ask pardon

VERB

apologize

Synonyms

STRONGEST

atone confess retract withdraw

STRONG

crawl purge square

WEAK

admit guilt ask forgiveness beg pardon bow to clear oneself cop a plea cop out excuse oneself get down on knees give satisfaction make amends make reparations make up for make up with offer compensation offer excuse say one is sorry

Antonyms

WEAK

defy

Example Sentences

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Dear Brothers, I thank you most sincerely for all the love and work with which you have supported me in my ministry and I ask pardon for all my defects.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2013

Tell my wife I love her dearly and ask pardon for all I have done.

From Time Magazine Archive

I was a little cross," he wrote one of his generals, "I ask pardon.

From Time Magazine Archive

On their way back from the Heart of Darkness, they stopped at the temple to ask pardon of their gods.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

"Those who wish to ask pardon for their treasons may do so. We will have no more follies."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

ask pardon

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