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die Entschuldigung (-en)
   apology, excuse
Entschuldigung! (idiom)
   Pardon me! - Excuse me! - Sorry!

Ich bitte um Entschuldigung.
I apologize. - I ask for your forgiveness.
Sie fehlte ohne Entschuldigung.
She was absent without an excuse. - She had an unexcused absence.
Zu seiner Entschuldigung sagte er...
In his defense, he said...

Related:
entschuldigen to excuse
sich entschuldigen to apologize
der Entschuldigungsbrief letter of apology; excuse note
verzeihen to excuse, pardon
Verzeihung! (idiom) Excuse me! - Pardon me! - Sorry!
die Verzeihung forgiveness, pardon

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