excuse may refer to specific acts especially in social or conventional situations or the person responsible for these. Often the term implies extenuating circumstances.

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 …

When I asked him why he was late, he gave me some excuse about having car trouble. Whenever I ask him why his homework's late, he just comes out with the same old excuses.

An excuse is a reason that you give in order to explain why something has been done or has not been done, or in order to avoid doing something. It is easy to find excuses for his …

Definition of excuse noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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.

1. to pardon or forgive: he always excuses her unpunctuality.

b excuses [plural] : reasons that you give to explain politely why you cannot do something, why you have to leave, etc.

An excuse is an explanation for something that went wrong. When we give an excuse, we're trying to get someone to cut us some slack. When you finish dinner and ask, "May I be …

2 days ago · We often say to make an excuse. (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment): pretext release, clear, justify, forgive, tolerate, overlook, exempt, pardon, …