From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishapologiesapologies[plural] a message that you send to a meeting to say that you will not be able to come to the meeting Edward can’t be here today, but he sends his apologies. → apology
Examples from the Corpus
sends ... apologies• Beryl sends her apologies - she forgot to give me your message.• We spoke with her, and she sends her apologies and assures us that she will not use that tone again. 