Definition of excuse

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Excuse (v. t.) To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to exculpate; to absolve; to acquit..

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Inexcusable :: Inexcusable (a.) Not excusable; not admitting excuse or justification; as, inexcusable folly..
Extenuate :: Extenuate (v. i.) To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations.
Lameness :: Lameness (n.) The condition or quality of being lame; as, the lameness of an excuse or an argument..
Excusement :: Excusement (n.) Excuse.
Inexcusably :: Inexcusably (adv.) With a degree of guilt or folly beyond excuse or justification.
Excusator :: Excusator (n.) One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; an apologist..
Put-off :: Put-off (n.) A shift for evasion or delay; an evasion; an excuse.
Flimsy :: Flimsy (superl.) Weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity; of loose and unsubstantial structure; without reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy argument, excuse, objection..
Cloak :: Cloak (n.) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover.
Obtrusionist :: Obtrusionist (n.) One who practices or excuses obtrusion.
Overlook :: Overlook (v. t.) To look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking; hence, to refrain from bestowing notice or attention upon; to neglect; to pass over without censure or punishment; to excuse..
Dispense :: Dispense (v. t.) To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from.
Self-justifier :: Self-justifier (n.) One who excuses or justifies himself.
Malicious :: Malicious (a.) With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a malicious act..
Color :: Color (v. t.) To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a false appearance to; usually, to give a specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were colored by his prejudices..
Offhand :: Offhand (a.) Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses..
Color :: Color (n.) That which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance.
Essoiner :: Essoiner (n.) An attorney who sufficiently excuses the absence of another.
Palliate :: Palliate (v. t.) To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; as, to palliate faults..
Insufficiency :: Insufficiency (n.) The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc..
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