Excuse

Related Terms:

reason palliator offcome salvo criminal excuser obligation scuse unguilt hand waving apologetically cop out essoin excusable play hooky alibi ike assoyle apologism self justifier quality excusatory runaround excused excusation essoiner song and dance islamopologist impleadable nuremberg defense substandard creephole plea ignorantia juris non excusat forgive extenuation inferior pardon bluff example excuseless excusing culpability condone apologize explain extenuating civil excuses alibi exculpation unpardonable diplomatic flu justification reason for good wrongdoing but good reason sorry dog ate ate dog sort sort of apology school explanation manners not good manners reason not

Definitions:

Noun

excuse alibi exculpation self-justification

Definition: 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

Definition: a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him"

apology excuse

Definition: a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile"

Definition: Explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault.

Verb

excuse pardon

Definition: accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands"

excuse relieve let off exempt

Definition: grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"

excuse explain

Definition: 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"

apologize apologise excuse rationalize rationalise

Definition: defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"

excuse beg off

Definition: ask for permission to be released from an engagement

excuse condone

Definition: excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities"

Definition: To forgive; to pardon.