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Stint :: Stint (v. t.) To assign a certain (i. e., limited) task to (a person), upon the performance of which one is excused from further labor for the day or for a certain time; to stent..

Pretex :: Pretex (v. t.) To frame; to devise; to disguise or excuse; hence, to pretend; to declare falsely..

Offhand :: Offhand (a.) Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses..

Shuffling :: Shuffling (a.) Evasive; as, a shuffling excuse..

Essoiner :: Essoiner (n.) An attorney who sufficiently excuses the absence of another.

Malicious :: Malicious (a.) With wicked or mischievous intentions or motives; wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse; as, a malicious act..

Clumsy :: Clumsy (superl.) Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse..

Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) That which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault.

Plead :: Plead (v. t.) To allege or adduce in proof, support, or vendication; to offer in excuse; as, the law of nations may be pleaded in favor of the rights of ambassadors..

Unpleaded :: Unpleaded (a.) Not used as a plea; not urged; as, an unpleaded excuse..

Excusator :: Excusator (n.) One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; an apologist..

Dispense :: Dispense (v. t.) To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from.

Mediocre :: Mediocre (n.) A young monk who was excused from performing a portion of a monk's duties.

Palliate :: Palliate (v. t.) To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; as, to palliate faults..

Essoin :: Essoin (n.) To excuse for nonappearance in court.

Impleadable :: Impleadable (a.) Not admitting excuse, evasion, or plea; rigorous..

Apologize :: Apologize (v. i.) To make an apology or excuse; to make acknowledgment of some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends; -- with for; as, my correspondent apologized for not answering my letter..

Excusement :: Excusement (n.) Excuse.

Occasion :: Occasion (n.) A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.

Cause :: Cause (v. i.) To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.

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