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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•cuse /v. ɪkˈskyuz; n. -ˈskyus/USA pronunciation v., -cused, -cus•ing, n. v. [~ + object] - to pardon or forgive;
overlook:Please excuse my child's rude behavior. - to offer an apology for:She excused her son's absence by saying that he was ill.
- to release from an obligation, responsibility, or duty: to be excused from jury duty.
n. [countable] - an instance or act of excusing:I don't want to hear any more of your excuses.
- a ground or reason for excusing or being excused: Ignorance of the law is no excuse.
Idioms- excuse me:
- (used as a polite way to interrupt or disturb someone):Excuse me, but may I talk to you for a moment?
excuse, forgive, pardon imply being lenient or giving up the wish to punish. excuse means to overlook some (usually) slight offense: I can excuse her rudeness because I don't think she meant it. forgive is applied to more serious offenses; the person who is wronged not only overlooks the offense but keeps no ill feelings against the offender: to forgive and forget. pardon often applies to an act of leniency or mercy by an official or superior: The governor pardoned the young offender. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•cuse (v. ik skyo̅o̅z′;n. ik skyo̅o̅s′),USA pronunciation v., -cused, -cus•ing, n. v.t. - to regard or judge with forgiveness or indulgence;
pardon or forgive;
overlook (a fault, error, etc.):Excuse his bad manners. - to offer an apology for;
seek to remove the blame of:He excused his absence by saying that he was ill. - to serve as an apology or justification for;
justify:Ignorance of the law excuses no one. - to release from an obligation or duty:to be excused from jury duty.
- to seek or obtain exemption or release for (oneself ):to excuse oneself from a meeting.
- to refrain from exacting;
remit;
dispense with:to excuse a debt. - to allow (someone) to leave:If you'll excuse me, I have to make a telephone call.
- Idioms Excuse me, (used as a polite expression, as when addressing a stranger, when interrupting or disagreeing with someone, or to request repetition of what has just been said.)
n. - an explanation offered as a reason for being excused;
a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or for release from an obligation, promise, etc.:His excuse for being late was unacceptable. - a ground or reason for excusing or being excused:Ignorance is no excuse.
- the act of excusing someone or something.
- a pretext or subterfuge:He uses his poor health as an excuse for evading all responsibility.
- an inferior or inadequate specimen of something specified:That coward is barely an excuse for a man. Her latest effort is a poor excuse for a novel.
- Old French, derivative of escuser; modern spelling, spelled with ex- on the model of ex-1
- Latin excūsāre to put outside, exonerate, equivalent. to ex- ex-1 + -cūsāre, derivative of causa cause; (noun, nominal) Middle English escuse
- Old French escuser
- (verb, verbal) Middle English escusen 1175–1225
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Excuse, forgive, pardon imply being lenient or giving up the wish to punish. Excuse means to overlook some (usually) slight offense:to excuse bad manners.Forgive is applied to excusing more serious offenses:to forgive and forget.Pardon usually applies to a specific act of lenience or mercy by an official or superior:The governor was asked to pardon the condemned criminal.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged extenuate, palliate.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged free.
- 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged justification. Excuse, apology both imply an explanation of some failure or failing. Excuse implies a desire to avoid punishment or rebuke. Apology usually implies acknowledgment that one has been in the wrong.
- 12.See corresponding entry in Unabridged pretense, evasion, makeshift.
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