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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181. He mumbled some lame excuse about having gone to sleep.
182. He said he hadn't got time or made some such excuse.
183. He came out with such an elaborate excuse that I didn't quite believe him.
184. Have you any excuse to offer for frequent absence from collective practice?
185. She fell back on her usual excuse of having no time.
186. Don't excuse his late arrival by saying that his car had broken down.
187. Oh come on, Ian, you made the same excuse last week!
188. It's just an excuse to go out and get smashed .
189. His excuse for drinking brandy is that it's said to aid digestion.
190. She put him off with the excuse that she had too much work to do.
191. It's a long time since I went out on the razzle, but your birthday will be a wonderful excuse.
192. The political crisis is being used as an excuse to dock people's pay.
193. The arrival of the doctor gave them an excuse to leave.
194. I've never known him to miss a meeting - I'm sure he'll have an excuse.
195. Excuse me interrupting, but there's a thing I feel I've got to say.
196. You're not coming out because you're tired? That's an apology for an excuse!
197. To criminate others and excuse ourselves is always an evidence of ignorance.
198. The militants might still find some new excuse to call a strike.
199. I haven't done the work well;my excuse is that I have been ill.
200. I'm not going to be put off with that excuse.
201. He clapped up an excuse, but this was soon seen through.
202. The rain gave us a ready-made excuse to stay at home.
203. That sod Wilkins, excuse my French, has taken my bloody parking space.
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204. With all the night school courses available, there is no excuse for not getting some sort of training.
205. Excuse me, it's my turn to be served - I was next.
206. Is that the best excuse you can come up with?
207. It might sound a ludicrous excuse but he thought it was worth a try .
208. Excuse me, but how do you spell the name of the payee?
209. Excuse me for interrupting, but I couldn't help overhearing what you were saying.
210. Excuse me, but I want to know what all this has to do with us.
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.