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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151. Excuse me, I can't get by.
152. Nothing can excuse that sort of behaviour.
153. She walked along rehearsing her excuse for being late.
154. No one will buy that excuse.
155. You can't put that old excuse across your friends.
156. This excuse was as good as any other .
157. Too much work is no excuse for not studying.
158. The excuse for her absence was obviously fabricated.
159. I need an excuse to call her.
160. She made some paltry excuse and left.
161. Oh, excuse me. I didn't see you there.
162. Nothing can excuse that kind of rudeness.
163. He legitimized his excuse for being late.
164. Yvonne's excuse for being late was totally unbelievable.
165. Excuse me, could you let me through?
166. "Um, excuse me, " he said timidly.
167. Please excuse me for being so late today.
168. That excuse simply won't wash with me.
169. He invented a pathetic excuse about losing his watch.
170. What's your excuse for being late this time?
171. It gave me an excuse to take the car.
172. Excuse me, Miss Lewis, I need/want the toilet.
173. Excuse my French(sentencedict.com), but he's a bloody nuisance!
174. Excuse me, can I get past, please?
175. There is no excuse for sloppiness in your work.
176. That doesn't excuse my mother's behaviour.
177. I grant he's been ill, but that doesn't excuse him.
178. I just used the first excuse which sprang to mind.
179. There can be no excuse for any further delay .
180. Will you excuse me? I've got to make a phone call.
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.