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third-person singular simple present apportions, present participle apportioning, simple past and past participle apportioned
(transitive) To divide and distribute portions of a whole. examples
(transitive) Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally. quotations examples
The Good Friday Agreement did not, and could not, apportion blame for the Troubles, in which, as in so many such conflicts, one side’s terrorist is the other’s hero.
2023 April 10, The Editorial Board, “Biden’s Trip to Northern Ireland and the Power of Diplomacy”, in The New York Times