excuse

ex·cuse  (k-skyz)

tr.v. ex·cused, ex·cus·ing, ex·cus·es

1.

a. To explain (a fault or an offense) in the hope of being forgiven or understood: He arrived late and excused his tardiness in a flimsy manner.

b. To apologize for (oneself) for an act that could cause offense: She excused herself for being late.

2.

a. To grant pardon to; forgive: We quickly excused the latecomer.

b. To make allowance for; overlook: Readers must excuse the author's youth and inexperience. See Synonyms at forgive.

3. To serve as justification for: Brilliance does not excuse bad manners.

4. To free, as from an obligation or duty; exempt: In my state, physicians and lawyers are excused from jury duty.

5. To give permission to leave; release: The child ate quickly and asked to be excused.

n. (k-skys)

1. An explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness.

2. A reason or grounds for excusing: Ignorance is no excuse for breaking the law.

3. The act of excusing.

4. A note explaining an absence.

5. Informal An inferior example: a poor excuse for a poet; a sorry excuse for a car.

Idiom:

Excuse me

1. Used to acknowledge and ask forgiveness for an action that could cause offense.

2. Used to request that a statement be repeated.

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[Middle English excusen, from Old French excuser, from Latin excsre : ex-, ex- + causa, accusation; see cause.]

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ex·cusa·ble adj.

ex·cusa·ble·ness n.

ex·cusa·bly adv.

ex·cuser n.

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excuse

Noun

an explanation offered to justify an action which has been criticized or as a reason for not fulfilling an obligation, etc.

Verb

[-cusing, -cused]

1. to put forward a reason or justification for (an action, fault, or offending person)

2. to pardon (a person) or overlook (a fault)

3. to free (someone) from having to carry out a task, obligation, etc.: a doctor's letter excusing him from games at school

4. to allow to leave

5. be excused Euphemistic to go to the toilet

6. excuse me! an expression used to catch someone's attention or to apologize for an interruption, disagreement, etc. [Latin ex out + causa cause, accusation]

excusable adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	excuse - 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 unacceptable" exculpation, self-justification, alibi vindication, defense, defence - the justification for some act or belief; "he offered a persuasive defense of the theory" extenuation, mitigation - a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
	2.	excuse - a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him" billet, short letter, note, line - a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there"
	3.	excuse - a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile" apology example, instance, illustration, representative - an item of information that is typical of a class or group; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"
Verb	1.	excuse - accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands" pardon forgive - stop blaming or grant forgiveness; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday"
	2.	excuse - grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class" let off, exempt, relieve frank - exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks absolve, justify, free - let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
	3.	excuse - serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again" explain alibi - exonerate by means of an alibi vindicate, justify - show to be right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a claim"
	4.	excuse - defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success" apologise, rationalize, rationalise, apologize, justify colour, gloss, color - give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; "color a lie" plead - offer as an excuse or plea; "She was pleading insanity" defend, fend for, support - argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike" extenuate, mitigate, palliate - lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"
	5.	excuse - ask for permission to be released from an engagement beg off call for, request, bespeak, quest - express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"
	6.	excuse - excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities" condone forgive - stop blaming or grant forgiveness; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday"

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excuse

verb 1. justify, explain, defend, vindicate, condone, mitigate, apologize for, make excuses for << OPPOSITE blame

verb 2. forgive, pardon, overlook, tolerate, indulge, acquit, pass over, turn a blind eye to, exonerate, absolve, bear with, wink at, make allowances for, extenuate, exculpate

verb 3. free, relieve, liberate, exempt, release, spare, discharge, let off, absolve << OPPOSITE convict

noun 4. justification, reason, explanation, defence, grounds, plea, apology, pretext, vindication, mitigation, mitigating circumstances, extenuation << OPPOSITE accusation

noun 5. pretext, evasion, pretence, cover-up, expedient, get-out, cop-out (slang) subterfuge

noun 6. (Informal) poor substitute, apology, mockery, travesty

Translations

excuse n [ɪkˈskjuːs] → disculpa, excusa (= evasion); pretexto

vt [ɪkˈskjuːz] → disculpar, perdonar (= justify); justificar;

to make excuses for sb → presentar disculpas por algn;

to excuse sb from doing sth → dispensar a algn de hacer algo;

to excuse o.s. (for (doing) sth) → pedir disculpas a algn (por (hacer) algo);

excuse me! → ¡perdone!;

(attracting attention) → ¡oiga (,por favor)!;

if you will excuse me → con su permiso

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excuse n [ɪkˈskjuːs] → excuse f

vt [ɪkˈskjuːz] (= forgive) → excuser (= justify); excuser, justifier;

to excuse sb from [+ activity] → dispenser qn de;

excuse me! → excusez-moi!, pardon!;

now if you will excuse me, ... → maintenant, si vous (le) permettez ...;

to make excuses for sb → trouver des excuses à qn;

to excuse o.s. for sth/for doing sth → s'excuser de/d'avoir fait qch

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excuse [ɐn} ɪksˈkjuːs, ɐvt} ɪksˈkjuːz] n → Entschuldigung f

vt → entschuldigen;

(forgive) → verzeihen;

to excuse sb from sth → jdm etw erlassen;

to excuse sb from doing sth → jdn davon befreien, etw zu tum;

excuse me! → entschuldigen Sie!, Entschuldigung!;

if you will excuse me ... → entschuldigen Sie mich bitte ...;

to excuse o.s. for sth → sich für or wegen etw entschuldigen;

to excuse o.s. for doing sth → sich entschuldigen, dass man etw tut;

to make excuses for sb → jdn entschuldigen;

that's no excuse! → das ist keine Ausrede!

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excuse n [ɪkˈskjuːs] → scusa

vt [ɪkˈskjuːz] → scusare (= justify); giustificare;

to make excuses for sb → trovare giustificazioni per qn;

to excuse sb from [+ activity] → dispensare qn da;

excuse me! → mi scusi!;

now if you will excuse me, ... → ora, mi scusi ma ...;

to excuse o.s. (for (doing) sth) → giustificarsi (per (aver fatto) qc)

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excuse

v excuse [ikˈskjuːz]

1 to forgive or pardon Excuse me – can you tell me the time?; I'll excuse your carelessness this time. verskoon يَعْذُر، يَتَغاضى عَن изивнявам omluvit undskylde entschuldigen συγχωρώ perdonar, excusar andeks andma بخشیدن؛ پوزش پذیرفتن antaa anteeksi excuser לִסלוֹח क्षमा करना ispričati, oprostiti megbocsát memaafkan afsaka scusare 許す 용서하다 atleisti, dovanoti atvainot; piedot; attaisnot maafkan excuseren unnskylde wybaczać desculpar a scuza извинять ospravedlniť oprostiti opravdati förlåta, ursäkta ให้อภัย affetmek, bağışlamak 原諒 вибачати; прощати درگزر کرنا، معافی دینا tha thứ 原谅

2 to free (someone) from a task, duty etc May I be excused from writing this essay? verskoning يُعْفي освобождавам zprostit fritage befreien απαλλάσσω dispensar vabastama معذور داشتن؛ معاف کردن vapauttaa dispenser (de) לְשָחרֵר מְ- मुक्त करना izuzeti, osloboditi felment membebaskan veita undanþágu, sleppa við esentare, esonerare 免ずる 면제해 주다 atleisti atbrīvot (no pienākuma u.tml.) dikecualikan vrijstellen frita; gi lov til å gå zwolnić dispensar a scuti (de) освобождать от oslobodiť (od povinnosti), ospravedlniť (že nie) opravičiti osloboditi befria, låta slippa อนุญาตให้ไป görevden affetmek / hariç tutmak 允許某人不... звільняти کسی کو کسی فرض وغیرہ سے سبکدوش کرنا miễn cho 允许某人不...

[ikˈskjuːs] n

a reason (given by oneself) for being excused, or a reason for excusing He has no excuse for being so late. verontskuldiging عُذر извинение omluva undskyldning; påskud die Entschuldigung δικαιολογία excusa vabandus, ettekääne معذوریت؛ دلیل puolustus, tekosyy excuse תֵירוּץ बहाना क्षमा का isprika mentség dalih afsökun scusa 言い訳 핑계 pasiteisinimas, dingstis atvainošanās; attaisnojums; aizbildināšanās alasan excuus unnskyldning, påskudd, begrunnelse (for) wytłumaczenie, usprawiedliwienie desculpa scuză оправдание ospravedlnenie opravičilo izgovor ursäkt, försvar ข้อแก้ตัว özür, sebep 借口 виправдання; відмовка معذرت، عذر خواہی lý do 借口

adj excusable [ikˈskjuːzəbl]

pardonable. verskoonbaar يُغْتَفَر، قابِل للعُذر извиним omluvitelný undskyldelig; tilgivelig; forståelig entschuldbar συγχωρητέος, δικαιολογημένος perdonable vabandatav قابل بخشش anteeksiannettava excusable שֶׁאֶפשָר לִסלוֹח עָלָיו क्षम्य opravdan megbocsátható bisa dimaafkan afsakanlegur scusabile 申しわけの立つ 용서해도 좋을 atleistinas, dovanotinas atvainojams; piedodams boleh dimaafkan vergeeflijk tilgivelig wybaczalny desculpável scuzabil простительный ospravedlniteľný opravičljiv oprostiv förlåtlig, ursäktlig ที่อภัยได้ affedilebilir, bağışlanabilir 可原諒的 прощенний قابل معافی có thể tha thứ được 可原谅的