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Definition of Excuse

Excuse 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. To pardon, as a fault; to forgive entirely, or to admit to be little censurable, and to overlook; as, we excuse irregular conduct, when extraordinary circumstances appear to justify it. To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon. 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. To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for. The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation. 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. That which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault. Related Definitions: Absolution, Absolve, Accusation, Acquit, Acquittal, Act, Admit, Also, An, And, Apologizing, Apology, Appear, As, Ask, Be, Being, Blame, By, Censurable, Charge, Clear, Conduct, Defense, Delay, Deportment, Disengage, Dispense, Duty, Entirely, Exact, Exculpate, Exculpating, Excuse, Excused, Excusing, Extenuating, Extenuation, Extraordinary, Evil, Fault, Favor, For, Forfeiture, Forgive, Free, From, Guilt, Hence, Impending, Imputation, In, Indulgence, Irregular, Is, It, Justification, Justify, Leniently, Like, Little, Make, Neglect, Not, Obligation, Of, Offered, Or, Overlook, Pardon, Pardoning, Payment, Plea, Reason, Regard, Release, Releasing, Relieve, Remit, That, The, To, View, We, When, Which, With

Excuse Quotations Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible. Francois de La Rochefoucauld The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse. Benjamin Franklin If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself. Henry David Thoreau Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Henry Ward Beecher It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. George Washington

Excuse Translations excuse in Danish is undskylde excuse in Dutch is verontschuldigen excuse in French is excusent, excuser, excusez, excusons, excuse excuse in German is Entschuldigung, entschuldige excuse in Italian is scusa, scusare, scusa excuse in Latin is excuso, excusatio excuse in Norwegian is unnskyldning, frita, unnskylde excuse in Portuguese is desculpa excuse in Spanish is excusa, subterfugio, excusar

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