Look up: excuse

1. excuse
   [n] - a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. 2. [v] - accept an excuse for 3. [v] - ask for permission to be released from an engagement 4. [v] - grant exemption or release to 5. [v] - serve as a reason or cause or justification of 6. [v] - excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
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2. Excuse
   Ex·cuse' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Excused ; present participle & verbal noun Excusing .] [ Middle English escusen , cusen , Old French escuser ,...
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3. Excuse
   Ex·cuse' noun [ Confer French excuse . See Excuse , transitive verb ] 1. The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; exte...
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4. excuse
   1. 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. 'A man's persuasion that a thing is duty, will not excuse him from guilt in practicing it, if really and indeed it b...
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5. excuse
   alibi 1 exculpation noun 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`; `...
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6. excuse
   verb accept an excuse for; `Please excuse my dirty hands`
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7. excuse
   verb excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; `excuse someone`s behavior`; `She condoned her husband`s occasional infidelities`
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8. excuse
   exempt verb grant exemption or release to; `Please excuse me from this class`
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9. excuse
   verb ask for permission to be released from an engagement
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10. excuse
    rationalise verb 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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11. Excuse
    • (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. • (v. t.) To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon. • (v. t.) That which...
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12. Excuse
    (legal) In jurisprudence, an `excuse` or `justification` is a defense to criminal charges that is distinct from an exculpation. In this context, "to excuse" means to grant or obtain an exemption for a group of persons sharing a common characteristic from a potential liability...
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