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Results for: "excuse"

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NOUN 3

  1. 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”
  2. a note explaining an absence

    • “he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him”
  3. a poor example

    • “it was an apology for a meal”
    • “a poor excuse for an automobile”
    Synonymsapology

VERB 6

  1. accept an excuse for

    • “Please excuse my dirty hands”
    Synonymspardon
  2. grant exemption or release to

    • “Please excuse me from this class”
    Synonymsrelievelet offexempt
  3. 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 may explain her reluctance to date again”
    Synonymsexplain
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  1. defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

    • “rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior”
    • “he rationalized his lack of success”
  2. ask for permission to be released from an engagement

    Synonymsbeg off
  3. excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with

    • “excuse someone's behavior”
    • “She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities”
    Synonymscondone

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