| apologize(verb, withdraw, retract, deplore, regret) |
| apologise(verb, deplore, atone) |
| atone(verb, withdraw, sorrow, recompense, retract) |
| express remorse(expression, withdraw, recompense, retract, regret) |
| admit guilt(expression, withdraw, recompense, retract, regret) |
| ask pardon(expression, withdraw, recompense, retract, regret) |
| be ashamed(sorrow, deplore, regret, atone, apologize) |
| be contrite(verb, sorrow, deplore, regret, atone) |
| be sorry(verb, sorrow, deplore, regret, atone) |
| beg pardon(expression, withdraw, recompense, retract, regret) |
| bewail(verb, deplore, regret, atone, apologize) |
| bow to(expression, withdraw, recompense, retract, regret) |
| clear oneself(expression, withdraw, recompense, retract, regret) |
| confess(withdraw, recompense, retract, regret, atone) |
| cop a plea(expression, withdraw, recompense, retract, regret) |
| cop out(expression, withdraw, recompense, retract, regret) |
| crawl(withdraw, recompense, retract, regret, atone) |
| excuse oneself(expression, idiom, withdraw, recompense, retract) |
| feel remorse(verb, expression, sorrow, deplore, regret) |
| get down on knees(expression, withdraw, recompense, retract, regret) |