† excusationn.
Obsolete.
1. The action of offering an excuse, defence, or apology; also, the condition of being excused, in phrase to have in excusation.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [noun] > offering an excuse
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c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 440 Worldliche excusacioun shal not þenne assoyne [printed assoyve].
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 9261 He sal find widvten excusacions Sexti alde generacions [from Adam to Christ].
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxxix. l. 478 I am A synnere In Alle thynge..therfore haueth me now in Excusaciown.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. DDiiiiv Whiche maner of excusacion may be many wayes.
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. D4 It [sc. learning]..needes the lesse disproofe or excusation . View more context for this quotation
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 6 Ligation or Excusation and Accusation.
2. The action of setting free, or the state of being set free, from a duty, obligation, etc.; release from a duty, etc.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [noun] > release from duty or obligation
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c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 34 Wiþout excusacoun, but if..Crist despens wiþ hem, & excuse hem, or for bed hem.
1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) ii. i. sig. i.ii Yt we sholde not haue excusacyon not doynge them.
1527 M. Coverdale Let. 27 Aug. in Remains (1846) (modernized text) 491 I was required..to deliver this writing to your mastership mine own self: notwithstanding..I must desire favour on your behalf for my excusation [etc.].
3. An excuse, a real or alleged ground of excuse; a plea or apology; = excuse n. 2, 3.
a. for an offence, etc.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [noun]
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c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 411 Heere ben þre excusaciouns..to excuse prestis synne.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 97 She wost not what she might do nor sey, for there was none excusacion in her folye.
1563 J. Davidson Answer to Tractiue Kennedy in D. Laing Misc. Wodrow Soc. (1844) I. 192 Men that had fallin in error wald have had ane juste excusation, that the wrang [etc.].
1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 45 I..shall be allowed the full benefit of all the..excusations..that I..can devise.
b. for release from a duty, obligation, etc.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [noun] > release from duty or obligation > a plea for release from obligation
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c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋90 No man may been absent for certes there auailleth noon Essoyne ne excusacion.
c1440 Gesta Romanorum ii. xxxvi. (1838) 388 Now is there none excusacione on thi side, but thou shalt take me to thyne husbonde.
?1529 Proper Dyaloge Gentillman & Husbandman sig. C v v That it be not lefull to the by no excusacion to tarye fyue dayes.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 389/1 Neyther by petition made to ye pope, nor yet by hys lawfull excusation.
1662 P. Gunning Paschal or Lent-Fast 157 The 4 Excusations are..bodily infirmity [etc.].
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