Definitions of Excuse [ɪkˈskyu zəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i]

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Definition of 'Excuse'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) excuse
to regard or judge with indulgence; pardon or forgive; overlook (a fault, error, etc.).

2.  excuse
to offer an apology for; seek to remove the blame of:
He excused his absence by saying that he was ill.

3.  excuse
to serve as an apology or justification for; justify:
Ignorance of the law excuses no one.

4.  excuse
to release from an obligation or duty:
to be excused from jury duty.

5.  excuse
to seek or obtain exemption or release for (oneself):
to excuse oneself from a meeting.

6.  excuse
to refrain from exacting; remit; dispense with:
to excuse a debt.

7.  excuse
to allow (someone) to leave:
If you'll excuse me, I have to make a telephone call.

8. (n.) excuse
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.

9.  excuse
a ground or reason for excusing or being excused:
Ignorance is no excuse.

10.  excuse
the act of excusing someone or something.

11.  excuse
a pretext or subterfuge.

12.  excuse
an inferior or inadequate specimen of something specified:
His latest effort is a poor excuse for a poem.

13.  excuse
Excuse me, (used as a polite expression in requesting permission to pass or when interrupting or disagreeing with someone).

Etymology: (1175–1225; ME escusen < OF escuser < L excūsāre=ex-ex -¹+-cūsāre, der. of causacause)

Definition of 'Excuse'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) excuse, alibi, exculpation, self-justification
a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
"he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"

2. (noun) excuse
a note explaining an absence
"he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him"

3. (verb) apology, excuse
a poor example
"it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile"

4. (verb) excuse, pardon
accept an excuse for
"Please excuse my dirty hands"

5. (verb) excuse, relieve, let off, exempt
grant exemption or release to
"Please excuse me from this class"

6. (verb) excuse, explain
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"

7. (verb) apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
"rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"

8. (verb) excuse, beg off
ask for permission to be released from an engagement

9. (verb) excuse, condone
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
"excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities"

Definition of 'Excuse'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) excuse
an explanation for doing sth, used to try to avoid criticism
his excuse for being late; If you don't want to go, just make an excuse.

2.  excuse
a reason for doing what you want
A wedding is a good excuse for buying new clothes.

3. (verb) excuse
excuse me
indicates you want sb to repeat what they said
"I'm going home now.""Excuse me?"

4.  excuse
politely indicates you want sb's attention or are sorry for interrupting
Excuse me, could you hold this for me.

5.  excuse
politely indicates you want sb to move
Excuse me, could I get past you?

6.  excuse
≠ blame
Please excuse my terrible English.

7.  excuse
to give a reason to make sth seem less bad
Nothing can excuse his bad language.

8.  excuse
to give permission to leave or not do
May I be excused? I don't feel well.; The coach excused him from training.

Definition of 'Excuse'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) 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

2. (verb) Excuse
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

3. (verb) Excuse
to regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon

4. (verb) Excuse
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

5. (verb) Excuse
to relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for

6. (verb) Excuse
the act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation

7. (verb) Excuse
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

8. (verb) Excuse
that which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault

Translation of 'Excuse'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to forgive or pardon Excuse me; – can you tell me the time?; I'll excuse your carelessness this time.
Afrikaans: verskoon	Arabic: يَعْذُر، يَتَغاضى عَن	Bulgarian: изивнявам
Brazilian: desculpar	Czech: omluvit	German: entschuldigen
Danish: undskylde	Greek: συγχωρώ	Spanish: perdonar, excusar
Estonian: andeks andma	Farsi: بخشیدن؛ پوزش پذیرفتن	Finnish: antaa anteeksi
French: excuser	Hebrew: לִסלוֹח	Hindi: क्षमा करना
Croatian: ispričati, oprostiti	Hungarian: megbocsát	Indonesian: memaafkan
Icelandic: afsaka	Italian: scusare	Japanese: 許す
Korean: 용서하다	Lithuanian: atleisti, dovanoti	Latvian: atvainot; piedot; attaisn
Malay: maafkan	Dutch: excuseren	Norwegian: unnskylde
Polish: wybaczać	Persian: بخشیدن؛ پوزش پذیرفتن	Pashto: بښل
Portuguese: desculpar	Romanian: a scuza	Russian: извинять
Slovak: ospravedlniť	Slovenian: oprostiti	Serbian: opravdati
Swedish: förlåta, ursäkta	Thai: ขอโทษ	Turkish: affetmek, bağışlamak
Taiwanese: 原諒	Ukrainian: вибачати; прощати	Urdu: درگزر کرنا، معافی دینا
Vietnamese: tha thứ	Chinese: 原谅
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