Etymology: [ ik-skyüz, imperatively ] (transitive verb.) 13th century. Middle English excusen Old French escuser Latin excuso (“to excuse, allege in excuse, literally, free from a charge”) ex (“out”) + causa (“a charge”); see cause and accuse.
Synonyms: forgive, let off the hook, let pass, pardon, pretext, alibi, apology, cleanup, cop-out, cover, cover story, coverup, defense, disguise, evasion, expedient, extenuation, fish story, grounds
To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement, To forgive; to pardon, An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment, To allow to leave, excusement, That which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault, The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation, 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, a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him", "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable", To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for, excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities", reason, pretext; apology, An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement, serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce amy explain her reluctance to date again", 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, To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon, 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, 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, a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc, formulae You use excuse me to apologize to someone when you have disturbed or interrupted them. Excuse me interrupting, but there's a thing I feel I've got to say, formulae You say `Excuse me' when you want to politely get someone's attention, especially when you are about to ask them a question. Excuse me, but are you Mr Honig?, grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class", You use excuse me, but to indicate that you are about to disagree with someone. Excuse me, but I want to know what all this has to do with us, formulae You say excuse me to apologize when you have bumped into someone, or when you need to move past someone in a crowd. = sorry, If you excuse yourself, you use a phrase such as `Excuse me' as a polite way of saying that you are about to leave. He excused himself and went up to his room, If someone is excused from a duty or responsibility, they are told that they do not have to carry it out. She is usually excused from her duties during the school holidays She was excused duties on Saturday, forgive; free, release; justify, An excuse is a reason which you give in order to explain why something has been done or has not been done, or in order to avoid doing something. It is easy to find excuses for his indecisiveness Once I had had a baby I had the perfect excuse to stay at home If you stop making excuses and do it you'll wonder what took you so long. = justification disapproval If you say that there is no excuse for something, you are emphasizing that it should not happen, or expressing disapproval that it has happened. There's no excuse for behaviour like that Solitude was no excuse for sloppiness, To excuse someone or excuse their behaviour means to provide reasons for their actions, especially when other people disapprove of these actions. He excused himself by saying he was `forced to rob to maintain my wife and cat' That doesn't excuse my mother's behaviour. = justify, If you excuse someone for something wrong that they have done, you forgive them for it. Many people might have excused them for shirking some of their responsibilities. = forgive, formulae You say excuse me to apologize when you have done something slightly embarrassing or impolite, such as burping, hiccupping, or sneezing, politeness You use excuse me or a phrase such as if you'll excuse me as a polite way of indicating that you are about to leave or that you are about to stop talking to someone. `Excuse me,' she said to Jarvis, and left the room Now if you'll excuse me, I've got work to do, ask for permission to be released from an engagement accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands, formulae You say `Excuse me?' to show that you want someone to repeat what they have just said, a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him" a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc, "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable" excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities" serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce amy explain her reluctance to date again" grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class" ask for permission to be released from an engagement accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands, "Qui s'excuse, s'accuse," or "Tel s'excuse qui s'accuse ", ask for permission to be released from an engagement, a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc ; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable", a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile", accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands", defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success", vi minta maaf (maaf) 2 vt memaafkan (maaf), 'scuse, Simple past tense and past participle of excuse, Present participle of excuse, granted exemption; "one of the excused jurors planned to write a book", given exemption, granted exemption; "one of the excused jurors planned to write a book, past of excuse, plural of excuse, third-person singular of excuse,
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To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement - "You know he shouldn't have done it, so don't try to excuse his behavior!"
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To forgive; to pardon - "I excused him his transgressions."
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An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment - "Tell me why you were late – and I don't want to hear any excuses!"
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To allow to leave - "I excused myself from the proceedings to think over what I'd heard."
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excusement
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That which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault
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The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation
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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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a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him"
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"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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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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excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities"
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reason, pretext; apology isim
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An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement
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serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce amy explain her reluctance to date again"
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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
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To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon
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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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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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a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc
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formulae You use excuse me to apologize to someone when you have disturbed or interrupted them. Excuse me interrupting, but there's a thing I feel I've got to say
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formulae You say `Excuse me' when you want to politely get someone's attention, especially when you are about to ask them a question. Excuse me, but are you Mr Honig?
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grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"
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You use excuse me, but to indicate that you are about to disagree with someone. Excuse me, but I want to know what all this has to do with us
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formulae You say excuse me to apologize when you have bumped into someone, or when you need to move past someone in a crowd. = sorry
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If you excuse yourself, you use a phrase such as `Excuse me' as a polite way of saying that you are about to leave. He excused himself and went up to his room
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If someone is excused from a duty or responsibility, they are told that they do not have to carry it out. She is usually excused from her duties during the school holidays She was excused duties on Saturday
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forgive; free, release; justify fiil
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An excuse is a reason which you give in order to explain why something has been done or has not been done, or in order to avoid doing something. It is easy to find excuses for his indecisiveness Once I had had a baby I had the perfect excuse to stay at home If you stop making excuses and do it you'll wonder what took you so long. = justification disapproval If you say that there is no excuse for something, you are emphasizing that it should not happen, or expressing disapproval that it has happened. There's no excuse for behaviour like that Solitude was no excuse for sloppiness
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To excuse someone or excuse their behaviour means to provide reasons for their actions, especially when other people disapprove of these actions. He excused himself by saying he was `forced to rob to maintain my wife and cat' That doesn't excuse my mother's behaviour. = justify
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If you excuse someone for something wrong that they have done, you forgive them for it. Many people might have excused them for shirking some of their responsibilities. = forgive
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formulae You say excuse me to apologize when you have done something slightly embarrassing or impolite, such as burping, hiccupping, or sneezing
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politeness You use excuse me or a phrase such as if you'll excuse me as a polite way of indicating that you are about to leave or that you are about to stop talking to someone. `Excuse me,' she said to Jarvis, and left the room Now if you'll excuse me, I've got work to do
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ask for permission to be released from an engagement accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands
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formulae You say `Excuse me?' to show that you want someone to repeat what they have just said
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a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him" a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc
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"he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable" excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities" serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce amy explain her reluctance to date again" grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class" ask for permission to be released from an engagement accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands
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"Qui s'excuse, s'accuse," or "Tel s'excuse qui s'accuse "
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ask for permission to be released from an engagement
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a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc ; "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 poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile"
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accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands"
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defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
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vi minta maaf (maaf) 2 vt memaafkan (maaf)
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Excuse.
'scuse - "'scuse me, when is the bus due?"
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excused
Simple past tense and past participle of excuse
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excusing
Present participle of excuse
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excused
granted exemption; "one of the excused jurors planned to write a book"
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excused
given exemption sıfat
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excused
granted exemption; "one of the excused jurors planned to write a book
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