EXCUSE Synonyms

• (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question

• a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

• exonerate by means of an alibi

• defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

• acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing

• acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing

• defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

• an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone

• a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly

• a poor example

• excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with

• a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

• the act of freeing from guilt or blame

• (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject

• (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation

• grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

• grant exemption or release to

• make plain and comprehensible

• define

• serve as a reason or cause or justification of

• stop blaming or grant forgiveness

• absolve from payment

• something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason

• an artful or simulated semblance

• structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results

• defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

• think rationally; employ logic or reason

• remove irrational quantities from

• weed out unwanted or unnecessary things

• defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

• weed out unwanted or unnecessary things

• structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results

• think rationally; employ logic or reason

• remove irrational quantities from

• provide physical relief, as from pain

• free someone temporarily from his or her obligations

• grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

• lessen the intensity of or calm

• save from ruin, destruction, or harm

• relieve oneself of troubling information

• provide relief for

• free from a burden, evil, or distress

• take by stealing

• grant exemption or release to

• alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive

• a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

• ask for permission to be released from an engagement

• grant exemption or release to