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Excuse (Verb)

Meaning 1

Ask for permission to be released from an engagement.

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Examples

  • I need to excuse myself from the meeting to take an urgent call.
  • Can I excuse myself for a few minutes to make a personal phone call.
  • She asked her boss if she could excuse herself for the rest of the day.
  • May I excuse myself from dinner to attend to an unexpected matter.
  • Could you excuse me from tonight's event as I have a sudden illness.

Synonyms

  • Beg Off

Hypernyms

  • Bespeak
  • Call For
  • Ask For
  • Quest

Related Words

  • Excuse (noun)

Meaning 2

Accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Examples

  • Please excuse my tardiness, I was stuck in traffic.
  • Excuse my poor singing, I'm just learning to voice train.
  • Please excuse my broken English, I'm still a language student.
  • Excuse my early departure, I have a family emergency to attend to.
  • My apologies, please excuse my dusty shoes, I just came from gardening.

Synonyms

  • Pardon

Related Words

  • Excuse (noun)

Meaning 3

Grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Examples

  • Please excuse me from this class, I have another commitment to attend to.
  • I'd like to excuse myself from the project, I don't have the necessary expertise.
  • Excuse me from the meeting, I have an urgent phone call to make.
  • She asked to be excused from jury duty due to a prior family obligation.
  • The doctor's note will excuse my absence from school for the past week.

Synonyms

  • Let Off
  • Exempt
  • Relieve

Hypernyms

  • Free

Related Words

  • Excuse (noun)

Meaning 4

Serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Examples

  • The company's minor delays do not excuse the consistent failure to meet deadlines on large projects.
  • Her recent injury could excuse her from participating in the marathon this year.
  • The stressful job does not excuse their bad behavior towards colleagues.
  • The long traffic jam may excuse his tardiness to the meeting.
  • His lack of preparation does not excuse his poor performance in the exam.

Synonyms

  • Explain

Hypernyms

  • Vindicate

Related Words

  • Excuse (noun)

Meaning 5

Excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Examples

  • His mother always excuses his lack of manners, citing her son's difficult childhood as the reason.
  • Please excuse the mess, we haven't had a chance to clean up after the party.
  • Because she respected his work ethic, she decided to excuse his occasional tardiness.
  • The coach excuses her player's aggression, claiming it's just a heated game.
  • We excuse the kids' loud laughter when we're hosting their birthday party at our house.

Synonyms

  • Condone

Related Words

  • Excuser (noun)
  • Excuse (noun)

Meaning 6

Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Examples

  • She tried to excuse her tardiness due to the heavy traffic that morning.
  • The company will excuse the payment for this month due to unforeseen circumstances.
  • The manager was forced to excuse his team's poor performance with weak excuses.
  • The teacher couldn't excuse the student's misbehavior despite the difficult home situation.
  • He tried to excuse his absence by saying he had a family emergency.

Synonyms

  • Apologise
  • Apologize
  • Rationalise
  • Rationalize

Hypernyms

  • Defend
  • Support

Hyponyms

  • Palliate
  • Color
  • Extenuate
  • Colour
  • Plead

Related Words

  • Excuse (noun)
  • Excusatory (adjective)
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