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The Meaning of excuse
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(v. t.) 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.
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(v. t.) To pardon, as a fault; to forgive entirely, or to admit to be little censurable, and to overlook; as, we excuse irregular conduct, when extraordinary circumstances appear to justify it.
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(v. t.) To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon.
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(v. t.) To free from an impending obligation or duty; hence, to disengage; to dispense with; to release by favor; also, to remit by favor; not to exact; as, to excuse a forfeiture.
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(v. t.) To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
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(v. t.) The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation.
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(v. t.) That which is offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or irregular deportment; apology; as, an excuse for neglect of duty; excuses for delay of payment.
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(v. t.) That which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault.
Synonyms
apology
,
exculpation
,
alibi
,
self-justification
,
apologia
,
relieve
,
rationalize
,
explain
,
let off
,
beg off
,
pardon
,
condone
,
apologise
,
exempt
,
rationalise
,
apologize
,
justify
,
unbosom
,
allay
,
palliate
,
free
,
ease
,
assuage
,
alleviate
,
salve
,
remedy
,
salvage
,
take over
,
still
,
lighten
,
save
,
explicate
,
prune
,
vindicate
,
warrant
,
cut
,
absolve
,
acknowledgment
,
defense
,
plea
,
confession
,
justification
,
vindication
,
forgive
Antonyms
complaint
,
imputation
,
insult
,
wrong
,
accusation
,
charge
,
condemnation
,
injury
,
offense
,
censure
Rhymes
abstruse
,
abuse
,
accrues
,
accuse
,
amuse
,
andrews
,
asmus
,
bemuse
,
blues
,
bmews
,
boos
,
boose
,
booz
,
booze
,
brews
,
bruce
,
bruise
,
bruse
,
buse
,
caboose
,
canoes
,
chartreuse
,
cheuse
,
choose
,
chuse
,
clews
,
clues
,
confuse
,
coos
,
coups
,
crewes
,
crews
,
cruce
,
cruise
,
cruse
,
cruz
,
cruze
,
cues
,
cuisse
,
damoose
,
deduce
,
defuse
,
derousse
,
deuce
,
deuss
,
dews
,
diffuse
,
disabuse
,
disuse
,
doose
,
douce
,
drewes
,
drews
,
druce
,
druse
,
druze
,
duce
,
dues
,
ekeus
,
ensues
,
enthuse
,
eschews
,
flews
,
foos
,
footloose
,
fuse
,
glues
,
goos
,
goose
,
groos
,
guse
,
hewes
,
hews
,
hindus
,
hoos
,
hoose
,
hues
,
hughes
,
hughs
,
huse
,
induce
,
infuse
,
introduce
,
jews
,
joos
,
juice
,
kangaroos
,
kloos
,
koos
,
kruse
,
kuse
,
labouisse
,
lajous
,
lewes
,
loos
,
loose
,
lose
,
luce
,
luiz
,
luse
,
meuse
,
mewes
,
misuse
,
moos
,
moose
,
mousse
,
muise
,
muse
,
news
,
noose
,
nous
,
obtuse
,
oohs
,
ooohs
,
ooze
,
overproduce
,
overuse
,
peruse
,
pews
,
prepuce
,
preuss
,
primenews
,
produce
,
profuse
,
pughs
,
pursues
,
ques
,
recluse
,
recuse
,
reduce
,
refuse
,
reintroduce
,
reproduce
,
reuse
,
reviews
,
revues
,
roos
,
roose
,
ruess
,
ruse
,
santa-cruz
,
schmoose
,
schmooze
,
screws
,
seduce
,
seuss
,
shampoos
,
shoes
,
shrews
,
sluice
,
snooze
,
soos
,
sous
,
spews
,
spruce
,
stews
,
strews
,
sues
,
suffuse
,
syracuse
,
taboos
,
tewes
,
throughs
,
tissues
,
toulouse
,
transfuse
,
trews
,
truce
,
trues
,
twos
,
tyus
,
underuse
,
use
,
vanhoose
,
views
,
whose
,
woos
,
worldnews
,
yoos
,
yous
,
youse
,
zeus
,
zoos