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Excuse   /ɪkskjˈus/  /ɪkskjˈuz/   Listen
Excuse

noun
1.
A defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc..  Synonyms: alibi, exculpation, self-justification.  "Every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job" , "His transparent self-justification was unacceptable"
2.
A note explaining an absence.
3.
A poor example.  Synonym: apology.  "A poor excuse for an automobile"
verb
(past & past part. excused; pres. part. excusing)
1.
Accept an excuse for.  Synonym: pardon.
2.
Grant exemption or release to.  Synonyms: exempt, let off, relieve.
3.
Serve as a reason or cause or justification of.  Synonym: explain.  "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again"
4.
Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning.  Synonyms: apologise, apologize, justify, rationalise, rationalize.  "He rationalized his lack of success"
5.
Ask for permission to be released from an engagement.  Synonym: beg off.
6.
Excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with.  Synonym: condone.  "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities"



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"Excuse" Quotes from Famous Books



... in a chair just inside the big door of the shed, near a small stove in which was a fire to take off the chill of the big place. The guard had slept all day, and there was no excuse for him nodding in the way ...
— Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice • Victor Appleton
... sparkling with joy. Just then the door opened, and the jailer, addressing himself to Bertuccio, said,—"Excuse me, sir, but the examining magistrate is waiting ...
— The Count of Monte Cristo • Alexandre Dumas, Pere
... against whom it was dangerous to dispute; and in the four hundred years of the reign of the caliphs, the political climate of Jerusalem was exposed to the vicissitudes of storm and sunshine. [59] By the increase of proselytes and population, the Mahometans might excuse the usurpation of three fourths of the city: but a peculiar quarter was resolved for the patriarch with his clergy and people; a tribute of two pieces of gold was the price of protection; and the sepulchre of Christ, with the church of the Resurrection, was ...
— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 5 • Edward Gibbon
... of the court, and the perplexity arising from thinking in a language different from that in which he was to express himself, kept him silent. There was a murmur of compassion among the spectators, from the idea that the poor fellow intended to plead the influence of his superior as an excuse for his crime. The Judge commanded silence, and encouraged Evan to proceed. 'I was only ganging to say, my lord,' said Evan, in what he meant to be an insinuating manner, 'that if your excellent honour and the honourable Court would let Vich Ian Vohr go free just this once, and let him ...
— Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years Hence, Complete • Sir Walter Scott
... her ancient prototype, Cartagena succumbed to the very influences which had made her great. Her wealth excited the cupidity of freebooters, and her power aroused the jealousy of her formidable rivals. Her religion itself became an excuse for the plundering hands of Spain's enemies. Again and again the city was called upon to defend the challenge which her riches and massive walls perpetually issued. Again and again she was forced to yield to the heavy tributes and disgraceful penalties of buccaneers and legalized pirates ...
— Carmen Ariza • Charles Francis Stocking


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