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English to English noun
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a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. |  | Example: he kept finding excuses to stay
every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job
his transparent self-justification was unacceptable
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a note explaining an absence | | Example: he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him
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a poor example | | Example: it was an apology for a meal
a poor excuse for an automobile
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The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation. | | source: webster1913 verb
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accept an excuse for | | Example: Please excuse my dirty hands
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grant exemption or release to | | Example: Please excuse me from this class
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serve as a reason or cause or justification of | | Example: Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work
Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again
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defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | | Example: rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior
he rationalized his lack of success
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ask for permission to be released from an engagement | | source: wordnet30
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excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with | | Example: excuse someone's behavior
She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities
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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. | | source: webster1913
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