Synonym: absolve, alibi, forgive, pardon, reason. Antonym: blame. Similar words: excuse me, accuse, focus on, custody, discuss, the accused, customer, accusation. Meaning: [ɪk'skjuːz] 
n. 1. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. 2. a note explaining an absence 3. a poor example. v. 1. accept an excuse for 2. grant exemption or release to 3. serve as a reason or cause or justification of 4. defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning 5. ask for permission to be released from an engagement 6. excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with.
n. 1. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. 2. a note explaining an absence 3. a poor example. v. 1. accept an excuse for 2. grant exemption or release to 3. serve as a reason or cause or justification of 4. defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning 5. ask for permission to be released from an engagement 6. excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with. 
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31. Please excuse me for being later.
32. Every time John is late getting home he trumps up some new excuse.
33. He'd telephoned with some phoney excuse she didn't believe for a minute.
34. Waiting for you to come back into my life, is just an excuse for not completely letting go of you.
35. I had to admit it sounded like an implausible excuse.
36. If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse. Jim Rohn 
37. That's a preposterous excuse!
38. You can't keep using your bad back as an excuse.
39. When you really matter to someone, that person will always make time for you. No excuse, no lies, and no broken promises.
40. Excuse me,I feel sick.
41. Excuse me. That's mine.
42. The brave and the wise can both pity and excuse,when cowards and fools shew no mercy.
43. You can easily fake up an excuse to avoid going out with him.
44. The children provided a convenient excuse for missing the party.
45. The government recognised there were problems in urban areas but these could never be an excuse for lawless behaviour.
46. But is it really feasible to don sportswear to the office without the excuse of dress-down Friday?
47. He cannot come this evening(sentencedict.com), so he asks you to excuse him.
48. Please excuse my stomach rumbling - I haven't eaten all day.
49. His excuse for forgetting her birthday was that he had lost his diary.
50. Please excuse me for arriving late - the bus was delayed.
51. Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the museum please?
52. Excuse me for interrupting.
53. He said he didn't have time or made some such excuse.
54. She gave him a pitying look; that was the sort of excuse her father would use.
55. Excuse me. I'm lost.
56. I made up an excuse about having to look after the kids.
57. Excuse her bad manners.
58. Only the most ingenuous person would believe such a weak excuse!
59. She cast about for some excuse for refusing his proposal.
60. If he fails,(www.Sentencedict.com) then he will have little excuse in the eyes of those who voted him in.
More similar words: excuse me, accuse, focus on, custody, discuss, the accused, customer, accusation, discussion, excess, except, exceed, excited, exclude, except for, exchange, exciting, excluding, excessive, exception, excellent, exclusive, excitement, in excess of, exclusively, excruciating, in exchange for.