excuse

Definition of excuse in English English dictionary: To forgive; to pardon
I excused him his transgressions.; 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!.; 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!.; To allow to leave
I excused myself from the proceedings to think over what I'd heard.; {v} to forgive, remit, free, lessen; {n} a pardon, apology, plea; {f} forgive; free, release; justify; 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; defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"; a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile"; 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; "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; 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"; 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; grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"; 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; That which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault; "Qui s'excuse, s'accuse," or "Tel s'excuse qui s'accuse "; 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?; To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for; To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon; An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement; a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc; 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 done something slightly embarrassing or impolite, such as burping, hiccupping, or sneezing; 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"; 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; formulae You say `Excuse me?' to show that you want someone to repeat what they have just said; accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands"; ask for permission to be released from an engagement accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands; 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 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; 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; 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; 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; The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation; ask for permission to be released from an engagement; 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; {i} reason, pretext; apology; 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; a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him"; excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities"; 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; vi minta maaf (maaf) 2 vt memaafkan (maaf); excusement
excuse me: Sorry, as an apology
excuse me: Said as a request for an apology
excuse me: An old fashioned type of dance where partners constantly changed
excuse me: Said as a request to repeat information
excuse me: Said as a request for an individual's attention
excuse me: Said as a request to pass
excuse my French: Alternative form of pardon my French
excuse me: int maaf
excuse me: m hoh yi si
excuse me!: pardon me!
excuse my french: (deyim) Uiised to apologize for swearing
excuse me: SLICHA
excuse oneself: apologize; justify one's actions
excuse oneself from: seek to be released from an obligation or situation (excuse oneself from the table, excuse oneself from military duty, etc.)
Excuse.: 'scuse
'scuse me, when is the bus due?.
excused: Simple past tense and past participle of excuse
excusing: Present participle of excuse
excusable: justifiable
excusable: {a} fit to be excused, pardonable
excusably: {a} in a manner to be excused
excuser: {n} one who forgives, one who pleads for
if you'll excuse my french: (deyim) Uiised to apologize for swearing
acceptable excuse: satisfactory explanation, adequate reason
excusable: possible to excuse
excusable: capable of being overlooked
excusable: easily excused or forgiven; "a venial error"
excusable: If you say that someone's wrong words or actions are excusable, you mean that they can be understood and forgiven. I then realised that he had made a simple but excusable historical mistake. = forgivable. behaviour that is excusable can be forgiven = forgiveable inexcusable
excusable: easily excused or forgiven; "a venial error" capable of being overlooked
excusable: {s} pardonable, forgivable
excusable: That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action
excusably: In an excusable manner or to an excusable degree
excusably: in an excusable manner or to an excusable degree; "he was excusably late
excused: past of excuse
excused: granted exemption; "one of the excused jurors planned to write a book
excused: granted exemption; "one of the excused jurors planned to write a book"
excused: {s} given exemption
excuser: One who excuses or forgives another
excuser: One who offers excuses or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another
excuses: third-person singular of excuse
excuses: plural of excuse
flimsy excuse: poor explanation, insubstantial defense, inadequate justification
had no excuse: possessed no justification, was unjustified
ignorance of the law is no excuse: ignorance of the law is not a pretex; not knowing the law does not mean that you will not get punished
in excuse of: in justification of, in defense of, in explanation of, in apology for
lame excuse: bad excuse, weak excuse, poor explanation for not doing something
original excuse: amusing excuse that was never heard before
sorry excuse: poor excuse, bad excuse, poor reason for not doing something
thin excuse: weak excuse, feeble pretext
without lawful excuse: without legal justification

excuse

Hyphenation

ex·cuse

Turkish pronunciation

îkskyus

Synonyms

forgive, let off the hook, let pass, pardon, pretext, alibi, apology, cleanup, cop-out, cover, cover story, coverup, defense, disguise, evasion

Pronunciation

/əkˈskyo͞os/ /ɪkˈskjuːs/

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.