excuse | English to English Dictionary

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excuse

a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.(noun.communication)

Example:
He kept finding excuses to stay.

Synonym:
alibi, exculpation, self-justification

source: wordnet30
a note explaining an absence(noun.communication)

Example:
He had to get his mother to write an excuse for him.

source: wordnet30
a poor example(noun.cognition)

Example:
A poor excuse for an automobile.

Synonym:
apology

source: wordnet30
The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation.(noun)

source: webster1913

accept an excuse for(verb.communication)

Example:
Please excuse my dirty hands.

Synonym:
pardon

source: wordnet30
grant exemption or release to(verb.communication)

Example:
Please excuse me from this class.

Synonym:
exempt, let off, relieve

source: wordnet30
serve as a reason or cause or justification of(verb.communication)

Example:
Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work.

Synonym:
explain

source: wordnet30
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning(verb.communication)

Synonym:
apologise, apologize, justify, rationalise, rationalize

source: wordnet30
ask for permission to be released from an engagement(verb.communication)

Synonym:
beg off

source: wordnet30
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with(verb.communication)

Example:
Excuse someone's behavior.

Synonym:
condone

source: wordnet30
To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to exculpate; to absolve; to acquit.(verb)

source: webster1913