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    [Noun]  | "ex*cuse" | \ ik-ˈskyüs \


    1: the act of excusing

    2: something offered as justification or as grounds for being excused

    3: an expression of regret for failure to do something


    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Verb]  | "ex*cuse" | \ ik-ˈskyüz \


    1: to make apology for

    2: to try to remove blame from

    3: to forgive entirely or disregard as of trivial import : regard as excusable


    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French escuser, excuser, from Latin excusare, from ex- + causa cause, explanation;

    [Noun]  | "excuses" 


    1: an explanation that frees one from fault or blame;


      * e.g., " ... a really important business call is no excuse for not paying proper attention to one's driving "



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    [Noun]  | "excuse" 


    1: an explanation that frees one from fault or blame;


      * e.g., " ... a really important business call is no excuse for not paying proper attention to one's driving "



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    [Verb]  | "excuses" 


    1: to dismiss as of little importance;


      * e.g., " ... more often than not, voters are willing to excuse a candidate's youthful indiscretion "



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    2: to be an acceptable reason for;


      * e.g., " ... having a female passenger in labor will generally excuse a little disregard for the speed limit "



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    3: to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses;


      * e.g., " ... he's always excusing his chronic lying by claiming that everybody lies "



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    [Verb]  | "excuse" 


    1: to dismiss as of little importance;


      * e.g., " ... more often than not, voters are willing to excuse a candidate's youthful indiscretion "



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    2: to be an acceptable reason for;


      * e.g., " ... having a female passenger in labor will generally excuse a little disregard for the speed limit "



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    3: to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses;


      * e.g., " ... he's always excusing his chronic lying by claiming that everybody lies "



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     [ "excusitis" ]

    1: Derived from the word "Excuse".It is tendency/Disease/Regular behaviour of making excuse for every poor performance.In simpler words,giving excuses for everything and trying to back their faults

      * e.g.,  ... person 1:-Your calculation seems wrong 

     [ "No Excuses" ]

    1: Getting on with your life...not letting things get in your way...being positive and optimistic...not looking for a reason to avoid something...not wasting an opportunity...

      * e.g.,  ... There's 'no excuses' for not making the most of your life. 

     [ "Excuse" ]

    1: A perfectly valid reason, but one which your boss, teacher, or other superior simply doesn't like.

      * e.g.,  ... Boss: Why are you late? 

     [ "Excuse" ]

    1: An attempt to create a justification for something that you knowingly decided to flake out on. Lack of balls to take responsibility for your own actions or wrong doing. A pussy attempt to make someone feel better about their disappointment by disguising a lie as an excuse.

      * e.g.,  ... I've been meaning to call you back but I have been really busy. Total bullshit excuse. The person saying this is full of shit they are either avoiding you or had something else that was more important to them. 

     [ "Excuse" ]

    1: An excuse is a reason for which an individual does or doesn’t do something; it is a transfer of blame from oneself to some other external.

      * e.g.,  ... "I did not attend the gym today because I was tired". 

     [ "excusion" ]

    1: An alternative word for the phrase "I didn't ask to be excused." (I didn't ask for excusion.)"

      * e.g.,  ... Girl 1: *farts* 

     [ "Excuses" ]

    1: Like assholes, we all have one, and they all stink.

      * e.g.,  ... Excuses 

     [ "The Excuse" ]

    1: Diarrhea. It will get you out of anything, including high school classes. No one will argue with you, or question you further.

      * e.g.,  ... (a teacher and a student) 

     [ "Excuse" ]

    1: A lame reason for getting out of something. For example, "I didn't have anything to eat for breakfast so I ate my essay". Or "excuse" in the word "excuse me". For example, "excuse me for sneezing on your dress."

      * e.g.,  ... Excuse me, but that was a lame excuse. 

     [ "there's no excuse for that" ]

    1: Something, arrogant self-righteous people say, when they disapprove of anything that someone else might say or do.

      * e.g.,  ... When the waiter wiped his nose with his sleeve, the business executive said to his guests, "There's no excuse for that." 

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