apologize (archaic in this sense)

verbliterário/ɐpuluʒiˈzaɾ/rare

a·po·lo·gi·zar

Definition

To make an apology for; to defend or praise publicly.

The speaker spent the afternoon apologizing the virtues of manual labor.

I do not mean to apologize his behavior, only to understand it.

syn

ant

De 'apologia' + sufixo verbal '-izar'.