to excuse

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excise

Définition et signification de « excuse » en anglais

to excuse

VERBE

excuser, pardonner

to forgive someone for making a mistake, etc.

Transitive: to excuse sb

Exemples

Understanding the circumstances, she chose to excuse her colleague for the unintentional oversight.

Comprenant les circonstances, elle a choisi d'excuser son collègue pour l'oubli involontaire.

justifier, excuser

to act as a valid reason or justification for something

Transitive: to excuse an action or shortcoming

informations grammaticales

composition morphologique

simple

verbe d’action

régulier

présent

excuse

3e personne du singulier

excuses

participe présent

excusing

passé simple

excused

participe passé

excused

Exemples

His illness served to excuse his absence from the meeting.

Sa maladie a servi à excuser son absence à la réunion.

exempter, dispenser

to formally free or exempt someone from an obligation, responsibility, or task

Transitive: to excuse sb from an obligation

Exemples

The manager excused him from the meeting because of his conflicting schedule.

Le manager l'a excusé de la réunion en raison de son emploi du temps conflictuel.

excuser, justifier

to try to minimize or remove the blame associated with a wrongdoing by offering an explanation or defense

Transitive: to excuse a wrongdoing

Exemples

He tried to excuse his mistake by saying he didn't have enough time to prepare.

Il a essayé d'excuser son erreur en disant qu'il n'avait pas assez de temps pour se préparer.

excuser, pardonner

to pardon or overlook someone's mistake or wrongdoing

Transitive: to excuse a mistake or wrongdoing

Exemples

The teacher excused the student's late arrival because of the traffic.

Le professeur a excusé le retard de l'élève à cause de la circulation.

excuser, donner congé

to grant permission for someone to leave or exit a room, meeting, or event

Transitive: to excuse sb

Exemples

The professor excused the student from the lecture when he had to leave early.

Le professeur a excusé l'étudiant de la conférence quand il a dû partir plus tôt.

Excuse

NOM

excuse, prétexte

a reason given to explain one's careless, offensive, or wrong behavior or action

informations grammaticales

statut d’animéité

abstrait

composition morphologique

composé

dénombrable

forme plurielle

excuses

Exemples

He made an excuse for being late to the meeting, claiming that traffic was heavy.

Il a trouvé une excuse pour son retard à la réunion, prétextant qu'il y avait beaucoup de circulation.

prétexte, simulacre

something considered a poor or inadequate example of its kind

Exemples

That old shed is an excuse for a garage.

Cette vieille remise est un prétexte pour un garage.

Arbre Lexical

excusatory

excused

excuser

excuse

Mots Proches

excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure

exeat

execrable

execrate

Définition et signification de « excuse » en anglais

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