excuse
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Synonyms: excurse, excise, excuss
Antonyms: excurse, excise, excuss
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Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[forgive]]; to [[pardon]]; to [[overlook]].
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To allow to leave, or release from any [[obligation]].
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To provide an excuse for; to justify.
- To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
Noun
- {{lb|en|countable|uncountable}} An [[explanation]] [[design]]ed to [[avoid]] or [[alleviate]] [[guilt]] or [[negative]] [[judgment]]; a [[plea]] [[offer]]ed in [[extenuation]] of a [[fault]].
- {{lb|en|legal}} A [[defense]] to a [[criminal]] or [[civil]] [[charge]] wherein the [[accuse]]d [[party]] [[admit]]s to doing [[act]]s for which [[legal]] [[consequence]]s would [[normally]] be [[appropriate]], but [[assert]]s that [[special]] [[circumstance]]s [[relieve]] that party of [[culpability]] for having done those acts.
- {{lb|en|often with preceding negative adjective, especially {{m|en|sorry}}, {{m|en|poor}}{{,}} or {{m|en|lame}}}} An [[example]] of something that is [[substandard]] or of [[inferior]] [[quality]].
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