preapologizing

Verb

preapologize (third-person singular simple present preapologizes, present participle preapologizing, simple past and past participle preapologized)

1. (intransitive) To apologize in advance; to make an apology before the fact.
   • Newman was so ashamed of the film, he took out an ad in the Los Angeles Times to pre-apologize to television viewers on the eve of its late-night showing.1989 Oct, Robert Cetti Jr, “Detour: What Drives Paul Newman?”, in Orange Coast Magazine, page 72