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Meaning of excuse
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
excuse
n 1: 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" [syn:
{excuse}, {alibi}, {exculpation}, {self-justification}]
2: a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to
write an excuse for him"
3: a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor
excuse for an automobile" [syn: {apology}, {excuse}]
v 1: accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands" [syn:
{excuse}, {pardon}]
2: grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this
class" [syn: {excuse}, {relieve}, {let off}, {exempt}]
3: 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"
[syn: {excuse}, {explain}]
4: defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by
reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy
behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success" [syn:
{apologize}, {apologise}, {excuse}, {justify}, {rationalize},
{rationalise}]
5: ask for permission to be released from an engagement [syn:
{excuse}, {beg off}]
6: excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with;
"excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's
occasional infidelities" [syn: {excuse}, {condone}]
WordNet ® Princeton University. http://wordnet.princeton.edu
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