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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121. His excuse was not valid.
122. Please excuse my bad handwriting.
123. Excuse me, I seem to have lost my place.
124. His excuse for being late was very thin.
125. He cooked up some excuse about the accident.
126. Excuse me for being late.
127. Excuse me, you're wanted on the phone.
128. That excuse simply won't wash .
129. Excuse me, where's the ladies' cloakroom?
130. They treat Christmas as just another excuse for gluttony.
131. I want to excuse myself from the work.
132. He trotted out an excuse for being late.
133. Excuse me, but are you Mr Honig?
134. Excuse me while I change the baby's nappy .
135. You can't fool me with that old excuse.
136. Excuse me,[sentencedict.com] but I don't think that's quite true.
137. Such conduct admits of no excuse.
138. Please excuse this wretched apology for a meal.
139. He was desperately casting around for an excuse.
140. There is no excuse for such rudeness.
141. I made some excuse and bolted for the exit.
142. That will excuse him another trip.
143. Excuse me but aren't you forgetting something?
144. We cannot excuse him for these crimes.
145. Excuse me,(sentencedict.com/excuse.html) could I just say something?
146. What excuse did he invent this time?
147. She was trying to think up an excuse.
148. He'd better have a good excuse for being late.
149. It sounded like a reasonable enough excuse to me.
150. There's no excuse, you know.
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.