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Excuse
01
a reason given to explain one's careless, offensive, or wrong behavior or action
02
an extremely bad example
03
a note explaining an absence
to excuse
01
serve as a reason or cause or justification of
02
to forgive someone for making a mistake, etc.
03
grant exemption or release to
04
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
05
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
06
ask for permission to be released from an engagement
Example
His artful excuses only thinly veiled his irresponsibility.
His excuses were so unbelievable that no one would buy them.
I'm tired of your excuses.
The student's late submission of the assignment was inadmissible without a valid excuse.
I believed her excuses for missing the meeting.
