EXCUSES
- EXCUSE, to apologize for [v]
- Attempt to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offense); seek to defend or justify
- Forgive (someone) for a fault or offense
- Overlook or forgive (a fault or offense)
- (of a fact or circumstance) Serve in mitigation of (a person or act)
- Release (someone) from a duty or requirement
- (used in polite formulas) Allow (someone) to leave a room or gathering
- Say politely that one is leaving
- (used esp. by school pupils) Be allowed to leave the room, esp. to go to the bathroom
- EXCUSE, to free from blame or guilt [v]