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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. scuses

    For excuses.

    I shifted him away,
    And laid good ’scuses on your exstasy. William Shakespeare, Othello.

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  1. excuses

    In jurisprudence, an excuse is a defense to criminal charges that is distinct from an exculpation. Justification and excuse are different defenses in a criminal case (See Justification and excuse). Exculpation is a related concept which reduces or extinguishes a person's culpability, such as a their liability to pay compensation to the victim of a tort in the civil law. The excuse provides a mitigating factor for a group of persons sharing a common characteristic. Justification, as in justifiable homicide, vindicates or shows the justice. Thus, society approves of the purpose or motives underpinning some actions or the consequences flowing from them (see Robinson), and distinguishes those where the behavior cannot be approved but some excuse may be found in the characteristics of the defendant, e.g. that the accused was a serving police officer or suffering from a mental illness. Thus, a justification describes the quality of the act, whereas an excuse relates to the status or capacity (or lack of it) in the accused. These factors can affect the resulting judgment which may be an acquittal, or in the case of a conviction may mitigate sentencing. An excuse may also be something that a person or persons use to explain any criticism or comments based on the outcome of any specific event.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of excuses in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of excuses in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of excuses in a Sentence

  1. Carla Minet:

    That public policy is a contradiction with its public relations strategy that proclaims transparency, we ask( Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Gov. Ricardo) Rosselló to finally deliver the information without further excuses.

  2. Dara Khosrowshahi:

    None of this should have happened, and I will not make excuses for it.

  3. Kyle Olson:

    All I’ve seen from ‘Black Lives Matter’ is a fomentation of hatred against the police, increased racial division and making excuses for the combination of poor parenting and failed policies from big city liberal politicians.

  4. Jon Lloyd:

    Im not going to make excuses. I apologize for the anger, pain and confusion Ive caused the community.

  5. Gregg Berhalter:

    There are zero excuses for my actions that night.

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