āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to excuse
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āĻā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻāϰāĻž
to forgive someone for making a mistake, etc.
Transitive: to excuse sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He frequently excuses his friends for their occasional lapses.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āϤā§āϰā§āĻāĻŋāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻāϰāĻž
to act as a valid reason or justification for something
Transitive: to excuse an action or shortcoming
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bad weather could excuse the delay in the flight schedule.
āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāĻāĻ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏā§āĻā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to formally free or exempt someone from an obligation, responsibility, or task
Transitive: to excuse sb from an obligation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was excused from jury duty because she had a prior engagement.
āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤāϤāĻž āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻāϰ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to try to minimize or remove the blame associated with a wrongdoing by offering an explanation or defense
Transitive: to excuse a wrongdoing
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The defendant attempted to excuse his actions by arguing that he was under stress.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻĒā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āĻŦāϞ⧠āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻŽāĻāĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻāϰāĻž
to pardon or overlook someone's mistake or wrongdoing
Transitive: to excuse a mistake or wrongdoing
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He asked her to excuse his behavior, and she forgave him.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāϰāĻŖ āĻā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦāϞā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, āĻāĻŦāĻ āϏ⧠āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āύā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to grant permission for someone to leave or exit a room, meeting, or event
Transitive: to excuse sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was excused from the gathering as he had an urgent matter to attend to.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āϰāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĒāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻĒā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
Excuse
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āĻ āĻā§āĻšāĻžāϤ, āĻā§āώāĻŽāĻž
a reason given to explain one's careless, offensive, or wrong behavior or action
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She used a family emergency as an excuse to leave the party early.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻāϞ⧠āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ āĻāϰā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āĻ
āĻā§āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻ āĻā§āĻšāĻžāϤ, āĻāĻāĻžāϰ
something considered a poor or inadequate example of its kind
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The meal was an excuse for dinner â barely edible.
āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāϞ āϰāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻā§āĻšāĻžāϤâāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ
āϝā§āĻā§āϝāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
excusatory
excused
excuser
excuse
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