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excuse
[ verb ik-skyooz; noun ik-skyoos ]
verb (used with object)
- to regard or judge with forgiveness or indulgence; pardon or forgive; overlook (a fault, error, etc.):
Excuse his bad manners.
- to offer an apology for; seek to remove the blame of:
He excused his absence by saying that he was ill.
- to serve as an apology or justification for; justify:
Ignorance of the law excuses no one.
Synonyms: ,
- to release from an obligation or duty:
to be excused from jury duty.
Synonyms:
- to seek or obtain exemption or release for (oneself ):
to excuse oneself from a meeting.
- to refrain from exacting; remit; dispense with:
to excuse a debt.
- to allow (someone) to leave:
If you'll excuse me, I have to make a telephone call.
noun
- an explanation offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or for release from an obligation, promise, etc.:
His excuse for being late was unacceptable.
Synonyms:
- a ground or reason for excusing or being excused:
Ignorance is no excuse.
- the act of excusing someone or something.
- a pretext or subterfuge:
He uses his poor health as an excuse for evading all responsibility.
Synonyms: , ,
- an inferior or inadequate specimen of something specified:
That coward is barely an excuse for a man. Her latest effort is a poor excuse for a novel.
excuse
verb
- to pardon or forgive
he always excuses her unpunctuality
- to seek pardon or exemption for (a person, esp oneself)
to excuse oneself for one's mistakes
- to make allowances for; judge leniently
to excuse someone's ignorance
- to serve as an apology or explanation for; vindicate or justify
her age excuses her behaviour
- to exempt from a task, obligation, etc
you are excused making breakfast
- to dismiss or allow to leave
he asked them to excuse him
- to seek permission for (someone, esp oneself) to leave
he excused himself and left
- be excused euphemistic.to go to the lavatory
- excuse me!an expression used to catch someone's attention or to apologize for an interruption, disagreement, or social indiscretion
noun
- an explanation offered in defence of some fault or offensive behaviour or as a reason for not fulfilling an obligation, etc
he gave no excuse for his rudeness
- informal.an inferior example of something specified; makeshift; substitute
she is a poor excuse for a hostess
- the act of excusing
Derived Forms
- ˈܲ, adjective
- ˈܲ, adverb
- ˈܲness, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ·ܲa· adjective
- ·ܲa··ness noun
- ·ܲa· adverb
- ·ܲa noun
- ·ܲl adjective
- ·ܲİ noun
- ·ܲiԲ· adverb
- ·ܲi adjective
- ·ܲi·ly adverb
- non·ܲa· adjective
- non·ܲa··ness noun
- non·ܲa· adverb
- e·ܲ verb (used with object) preexcused preexcusing
- -·ܲ noun
- -·ܲ adjective
- -·ܲiԲ adjective
- un·ܲa· adjective
- un·ܲa· adverb
- ܲe·ܲ adjective
- ܲe·ܲiԲ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of excuse1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of excuse1
Idioms and Phrases
- Excuse me, (used as a polite expression, as when addressing a stranger, when interrupting or disagreeing with someone, or to request repetition of what has just been said.)
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
But the trio’s talents don’t excuse the fact that Scharfman gives his characters almost nothing to work with.
Before we left, I excused myself for the restroom.
He says legitimate use of catapults is an "excuse" and says he disagrees that current legislation is sufficient.
"It's just an excuse to punish countries and implement sterile protectionism. The trade war will affect everyone, but it'll hit the one imposing it most of all," he warned.
"The only excuse that can possibly be had is Republicans weren't excited and didn't get out to vote."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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