1) Accept an excuse for 2) Alibi 3) Be lenient with 4) Condone 5) Cop-out 6) Defence 7) Defense 8) Exculpation 9) Forgive 10) French word used in English 11) Grant an exemption 12) Grant exemption or release to 13) It can be lame 14) It may be lame 15) It may be poor 16) Justification 17) Justifying explanation
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1) Alibi 2) Apologise 3) Appearance 4) Condone 5) Dodge 6) Exculpation 7) Exemption 8) Explanation 9) Extenuate 10) Extenuation 11) Mitigate 12) Out 13) Palliate 14) Pardon 15) Rationalize 16) Sop 17) Story 18) Wayout
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[legal] In jurisprudence, an excuse or justification is a defense to criminal charges that is distinct from an exculpation. Exculpation is a related concept which reduces or extinguishes a person`s culpability and therefore a person`s liability to pay compensation to the victim of a tort in the civil law. The `excuse` provides a mitigating ...
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• (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 excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fau...
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(dog) Asking the exhibitor to remove a dog from the event for any reason listed in the rules or regulations pertaining to competition. In conformation and obedience events, a dog that is excused does not count as having been present in computing points. In performance events, a dog that is excused may or may not be counted in com...
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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 be against Gog's law.' (Abp. Sharp) ... 2. To pardo...
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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; extenuation. « Pleading so wisely in
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Ex·cuse' transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Excused ;
present participle & verbal noun Excusing .] [ Middle English
escusen ,
cusen , Old French
escuser ,
excuser , French
excuser , from L...
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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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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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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`; `his transparent self-justification was unacceptabl...
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