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(verb) excuse or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior" |
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Synonyms: condone |
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Related Words: forgive |
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(verb) serve as an excuse for |
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Synonyms: explain |
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Related Words: alibi, justify, vindicate |
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(verb) grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class |
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Synonyms: exempt, let off, relieve |
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Related Words: absolve, frank, free, justify |
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(verb) ask for permission to be released from an engagement |
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Synonyms: beg off |
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Related Words: bespeak, call for, quest, request |
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(verb) accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands" |
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Synonyms: pardon |
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Related Words: forgive |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: alibi, self-justification |
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Related Words: defence, defense, vindication |
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(verb) make excuses for |
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Synonyms: apologise, apologize, justify, rationalize |
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Related Words: color, defend, extenuate, fend for, gloss, mitigate, palliate, plead, support |
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