WarmgeneralOwn it
I realize what I said didn’t land well—I’m sorry.
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WarmgeneralCare apology
I didn’t mean to hurt you. I’m sorry about that.
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WarmgeneralAcknowledge
That came out wrong, and I’m sorry.
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WarmgeneralRepair
I want to fix that—I didn’t express myself well.
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EmpatheticgeneralImpact
I can see how that could’ve felt off. I’m sorry.
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EmpatheticgeneralMissed mark
I missed the mark with what I said—sorry.
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EmpatheticgeneralHeard you
I hear how that landed, and I’m sorry.
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EmpatheticgeneralTake responsibility
That was on me—I’m sorry.
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ProfessionalgeneralFormal apology
Apologies—that didn’t come across as intended.
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ProfessionalgeneralClarify
Let me clarify—I didn’t express that well.
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ProfessionalgeneralAcknowledge miss
I misspoke earlier—my apologies.
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ProfessionalgeneralCorrect
I’d like to correct that—I was off.
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EncouraginggeneralDo better
I’ll do better—sorry for that.
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EncouraginggeneralLearn
That’s on me—I’ll learn from it. Sorry.
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EncouraginggeneralTry again
Let me try that again—sorry.
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EncouraginggeneralImprove
I can do better than that—sorry.
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ConfidentgeneralOwn
I own that—I said it wrong.
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ConfidentgeneralNo excuses
No excuses—I was off.
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ConfidentgeneralStraight
That was wrong of me. Sorry.
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ConfidentgeneralCorrect
I’m correcting that—I misspoke.
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WarmgeneralOwn quickly
That came out wrong—I’m really sorry about that.
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WarmgeneralCare more
I care about you more than how that sounded—sorry.
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WarmgeneralDidn’t mean
I didn’t mean it that way—I’m sorry.
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WarmgeneralRepair now
Let me fix that—I said it poorly.
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EmpatheticgeneralSee impact
I can see how that landed—sorry.
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EmpatheticgeneralMissed
I missed the tone there—I’m sorry.
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EmpatheticgeneralThat hurt
That probably hurt—I’m sorry.
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EmpatheticgeneralAcknowledge
I hear you—that was off. I’m sorry.
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ProfessionalgeneralApologies
Apologies—that wasn’t phrased well.
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ProfessionalgeneralClarify
Allow me to clarify—I misspoke.
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ProfessionalgeneralCorrect
I’d like to correct that statement.
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ProfessionalgeneralAcknowledge error
That was an error on my part—sorry.
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EncouraginggeneralDo better
I can do better than that—sorry.
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EncouraginggeneralLearn
I’ll learn from that—sorry.
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EncouraginggeneralRetry
Let me try that again more carefully.
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EncouraginggeneralImprove
I’ll improve how I say things—sorry.
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ConfidentgeneralOwn
I own that—I got it wrong.
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ConfidentgeneralNo excuses
No excuses—I was off.
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ConfidentgeneralStraight
That’s my mistake.
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ConfidentgeneralCorrect
Correcting myself—I misspoke.
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CalmgeneralSimple sorry
That wasn’t right—sorry.
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CalmgeneralQuiet ack
I didn’t say that well. I’m sorry.
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CalmgeneralNo defense
No excuses—that was off. I’m sorry.
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CalmgeneralSteady
I want to own that—I’m sorry.
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GentlegeneralSoft apology
I’m sorry—that didn’t come out the way I meant.
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GentlegeneralGentle reset
Can I gently reset that? I misspoke.
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GentlegeneralSoft ack
That came out wrong—sorry.
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GentlegeneralKind fix
Let me rephrase that more carefully—sorry.
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CalmgeneralPlain sorry
That was off—sorry.
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CalmgeneralSteady ack
I didn’t express that well. Sorry.
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CalmgeneralNo defense
No defense—I got that wrong.
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CalmgeneralOwn quiet
I’ll own that—I was off.
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GentlegeneralSoft apology
I’m sorry—that didn’t come out right.
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GentlegeneralGentle fix
Let me gently rephrase that.
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GentlegeneralSoft ack
That was off—sorry about that.
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GentlegeneralKind reset
Can I reset that more carefully?
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FriendlygeneralMy bad
My bad—that didn’t come out right.
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FriendlygeneralOops
Oops, that came out wrong—sorry about that.
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FriendlygeneralFix it
Let me fix that—I said that poorly.
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FriendlygeneralReset
Can I reset that? I didn’t mean it like that.
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FriendlygeneralMy fault
My fault—that didn’t come out right.
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FriendlygeneralOops
Oops—wrong wording. Sorry.
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FriendlygeneralRedo
Let me redo that—I said it badly.
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FriendlygeneralQuick reset
Quick reset—I didn’t mean that like it sounded.
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DirectgeneralSorry
Sorry—I said that wrong.
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DirectgeneralOn me
That’s on me. Sorry.
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DirectgeneralNot ok
That wasn’t okay—sorry.
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DirectgeneralFix
Let me fix that—I was off.
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DirectgeneralShort sorry
Sorry—I was wrong.
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DirectgeneralOn me
That’s on me.
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DirectgeneralWrong
That was wrong of me.
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DirectgeneralFix now
Fixing that—I misspoke.
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MinimalistgeneralSorry
sorry—wrong words
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MinimalistgeneralOn me
on me. sorry
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MinimalistgeneralMisspoke
misspoke—sorry
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MinimalistgeneralFix
fixing that—sorry
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MinimalistgeneralSorry
sorry—my wording was off
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MinimalistgeneralOn me
on me
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MinimalistgeneralMisspoke
misspoke
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MinimalistgeneralFix
fixing it
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