Definition of excuse

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Excuse (v. t.) To free from an impending obligation or duty; hence, to disengage; to dispense with; to release by favor; also, to remit by favor; not to exact; as, to excuse a forfeiture..

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Essoign :: Essoign (n.) Excuse; exemption.
Excuser :: Excuser (n.) One who offers excuses or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another.
Accept :: Accept (v. t.) To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse..
Mediocre :: Mediocre (n.) A young monk who was excused from performing a portion of a monk's duties.
Excuseless :: Excuseless (a.) Having no excuse; not admitting of excuse or apology.
Insufficiency :: Insufficiency (n.) The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc..
Whine :: Whine (v. t.) To utter or express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way; as, to whine out an excuse..
Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) To free from an impending obligation or duty; hence, to disengage; to dispense with; to release by favor; also, to remit by favor; not to exact; as, to excuse a forfeiture..
Soc :: Soc (n.) Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens.
Impleadable :: Impleadable (a.) Not admitting excuse, evasion, or plea; rigorous..
Creephole :: Creephole (n.) A subterfuge; 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..
Sorry :: Sorry (a.) Poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse..
Shuffling :: Shuffling (a.) Evasive; as, a shuffling excuse..
Dispense :: Dispense (v. t.) To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from.
Provocation :: Provocation (n.) Such prior insult or injury as may be supposed, under the circumstances, to create hot blood, and to excuse an assault made in retort or redress..
Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) That which is offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or irregular deportment; apology; as, an excuse for neglect of duty; excuses for delay of payment..
Obtrusionist :: Obtrusionist (n.) One who practices or excuses obtrusion.
Put-off :: Put-off (n.) A shift for evasion or delay; an evasion; an excuse.
Essoiner :: Essoiner (n.) An attorney who sufficiently excuses the absence of another.
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