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The synonyms of “Excuse” are: condone, beg off, explain, pardon, exempt, let off, relieve, apologise, apologize, rationalise, rationalize, justify, defend, make excuses for, make a case for, explain away, vindicate, warrant, forgive, absolve, exonerate, acquit, not take into consideration, disregard, take no notice of, take no account of, make allowances for, let pass, turn a blind eye to, wink at, blink at, connive at, let someone off with, let go, sink, bury, let bygones be bygones, release, spare, free, liberate, alibi, exculpation, self-justification, apology, justification, defence, reason, explanation, mitigation, extenuation, palliation, vindication, pretext, pretence, front, cover-up, fabrication, evasion, travesty of, apology for, poor specimen of, mockery of
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “excuse” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| alibi | (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question. A catch all alibi for failure and inadequacy. |
| apology | A formal written defense of something you believe in strongly. It was an apology for a meal. |
| apology for | A poor example. |
| cover-up | Concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public. |
| defence | Fortifications or barriers against attack. The defence requested more time to prepare their case. |
| evasion | The action of evading something. The protestations and evasions of a witness. |
| exculpation | The act of freeing from guilt or blame. |
| explanation | Thought that makes something comprehensible. I heard his explanation of the accident. |
| extenuation | The process of making someone or something thin. He s always ready with extenuations and disclaimers. |
| fabrication | The act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery. The assembly and fabrication of electronic products. |
| front | The part of a garment covering a person s front. The Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front. |
| justification | The action or manner of justifying a line of type or piece of text. All these incidents were used again as a justification for my sacking. |
| mitigation | To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious. The identification and mitigation of pollution. |
| mockery of | A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody’s style, usually in a humorous way. |
| palliation | To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious. |
| poor specimen of | People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group. |
| pretence | The practice of inventing imaginary situations in play. His anger is masked by a pretence that all is well. |
| pretext | Something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason. The rebels had the perfect pretext for making their move. |
| reason | A cause, explanation, or justification for an action or event. She asked him to return but didn t give a reason. |
| self-justification | A defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. |
| travesty of | A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody’s style, usually in a humorous way. |
| vindication | Proof that someone or something is right, reasonable, or justified. Friends provided a vindication of his position. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “excuse” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| absolve | Grant remission of a sin to. I absolve you from this responsibility. |
| acquit | Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges. The goalkeeper acquitted himself well. |
| apologise | Acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing. |
| apologize | Acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing. I must apologize for disturbing you like this. |
| beg off | Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently. |
| blink at | Briefly shut the eyes. |
| bury | Dismiss from the mind; stop remembering. He ran through to bury a right foot shot inside the near post. |
| condone | Accept (behaviour that is considered morally wrong or offensive. Those arrested were released and the exhibition was officially condoned a few weeks later. |
| connive at | Form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner. |
| defend | Speak or write in favour of (an action or person); attempt to justify. He defended his policy of imposing high rates. |
| disregard | Give little or no attention to. The body of evidence is too substantial to disregard. |
| exempt | Grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to. She exempted me from the exam. |
| exonerate | Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges. An inquiry exonerated those involved. |
| explain | Define. This would explain why so many adult children still live with their parents. |
| explain away | Serve as a reason or cause or justification of. |
| forgive | Stop blaming or grant forgiveness. She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday. |
| free | Free from obligations or duties. We are freeing management time for alternative work. |
| justify | (used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin. Justify the margins. |
| let bygones be bygones | Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition. |
| let go | Grant use or occupation of under a term of contract. |
| let off | Grant use or occupation of under a term of contract. |
| let pass | Leave unchanged. |
| let someone off with | Leave unchanged. |
| liberate | Free (someone) from social conventions, especially those concerned with accepted sexual roles. The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university. |
| make a case for | Put in order or neaten. |
| make allowances for | To compose or represent. |
| make excuses for | Carry out or commit. |
| not take into consideration | Accept or undergo, often unwillingly. |
| pardon | Grant a pardon to. He was pardoned for his treason. |
| rationalise | Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning. |
| rationalize | Remove irrational quantities from. Rationalize the child s seemingly crazy behavior. |
| release | Release as from one s grip. Compensation for the cost of rebuilding is only released when work begins. |
| relieve | Relieve oneself of troubling information. He dispatched an expedition to relieve the city. |
| sink | Cause to sink. He saw the coffin sink below the surface of the waves. |
| spare | Refrain from harming. He asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey. |
| take no account of | Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs. |
| take no notice of | Ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial. |
| turn a blind eye to | Get by buying and selling. |
| vindicate | Clear (someone) of blame or suspicion. More sober views were vindicated by events. |
| warrant | Provide adequate grounds to justify (a certain course of action. I warrant this information. |
| wink at | Briefly shut the eyes. |
| alibi | Exonerate by means of an alibi. A catch all alibi for failure and inadequacy. |
| attest | Enrol as ready for military service. His numerous drawings of babies attest to his fascination with them. |
| attributable | Capable of being attributed. This may be Leonardo s earliest securely attributable painting. |
| clarification | The action of making a statement or situation less confused and more comprehensible. The professor s clarification helped her to understand the textbook. |
| confirm | Administer the religious rite of confirmation to. The children were confirmed in their mother s faith. |
| develop | Cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development. Develop a passion for painting. |
| elucidate | Make (something) clear; explain. Work such as theirs will help to elucidate this matter. |
| enlighten | Shed light on (an object. Christopher had not enlightened Francis as to their relationship. |
| equivocate | Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information. The government have equivocated too often in the past. |
| equivocation | Intentionally vague or ambiguous. I say this without equivocation. |
| evasion | Nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do. His evasion of all his creditors. |
| expatiate | Speak or write in detail about. She expatiated on working class novelists. |
| explanation | Thought that makes something comprehensible. The explanation was very simple. |
| explicate | Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses. These essays seek to explicate and contextualize Kristeva s writings. |
| explicit | Of a person stating something in an explicit manner. A sexually explicit blockbuster. |
| fabrication | The deliberate act of deviating from the truth. The assembly and fabrication of electronic products. |
| hydrostatics | The branch of mechanics concerned with the hydrostatic properties of liquids. |
| interpretation | The action of explaining the meaning of something. The report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence. |
| justification | Good reason for something that exists or has been done. The justification of revolutionary action. |
| justify | Show or prove to be right or reasonable. The situation was grave enough to justify further investigation. |
| palliation | To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious. |
| pretext | A reason given in justification of a course of action that is not the real reason. The rebels had the perfect pretext for making their move. |
| prevarication | A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth. |
| prove | Prove formally demonstrate by a mathematical formal proof. The scheme has proved a great success. |
| rationale | An explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature. The rationale for capital punishment. |
| rationalization | The action of attempting to explain or justify behaviour or an attitude with logical reasons, even if these are not appropriate. The London dockers struggle to preserve their jobs against ruthless rationalization. |
| rationalize | Structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results. If we rationalize production will that mean redundancies. |
| reason | Decide by reasoning draw or come to a conclusion. He had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions. |
| validate | Declare or make legally valid. Without Patti to validate my feelings they seemed not to exist. |
| why | The cause or intention underlying an action or situation especially in the phrase the whys and wherefores. Why don t I give you a lift. |
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