excuse
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Is excuse a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
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What is the meaning of excuse?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.Examples: "I excused him his transgressions."; "Yet his Nature / In that’s no Changeling, and I muſt excuſe / What cannot be amended."; "If they say that he did sin in doing this, then they must at the same time acknowledge that a man's persuasion that a thing is a duty will not excuse him from guilt in practising it"transitive
2. (transitive) To allow to leave, or release from any obligation.Examples: "May I be excused from the table?"; "I excused myself from the proceedings to think over what I'd heard."Synonyms: forgive, let off the hook, let pass, pardon, unguilttransitive
3. (transitive) To provide an excuse for; to justify.Examples: "You know he shouldn't have done it, so don't try to excuse his behavior!"; "They cannot be excusyd By reason nor by law; […]"Synonyms: plead, adducetransitive
noun (English)
1. (countable, uncountable) An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault.Examples: "Tell me why you were late – and I don't want to hear any excuses!"; "I had to make an excuse for being late to the meeting."; "And they all atonce begane to make excuſe. The fyrſt ſayd vnto him: I have bought a ferme / and I muſt nedes goo and ſe it / I praye the have me excuſed."Synonyms: pretext release, clear, justify, forgive, tolerate, overlook, exempt, pardoncountableuncountable
2. (law) A defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accused party admits to doing acts for which legal consequences would normally be appropriate, but asserts that special circumstances relieve that party of culpability for having done those acts.countableuncountable
3. (often with preceding negative adjective, especially sorry, poor, or lame) An example of something that is substandard or of inferior quality.Examples: "That thing is a poor excuse for a gingerbread man. Hasn't anyone taught you how to bake?"; "He's a sorry excuse for a doctor."; "What a fucking lame excuse for a man."countableoftenuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary