Excusing can be categorized as a verb.
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| excuse - excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities" | ||
| excuse - serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again" | ||
| excuse - grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class" | ||
| excuse - accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands" | ||
| excuse - ask for permission to be released from an engagement | ||
| excuse - defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success" |
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| 1. | verb | It is no use excusing yourself. | |
| 2. | verb | Sami isn't excusing Layla. | |
| 3. | verb | Excuse someone's behavior. | |
| 4. | verb | Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work. | |
| 5. | verb | Please excuse me from this class. | |
| 6. | verb | Please excuse my dirty hands. | |
| 7. | verb | Excuse me; allow me to point out three errors in the above article. | |
| 8. | verb | You always excuse your faults by blaming others. | |
| 9. | verb | Excuse me, but let me have another look at the photo. | |
| 10. | verb | I would like to excuse myself from receiving the Akutagawa Prize. | |
| 11. | verb | Excuse us for the inconvenience. | |
| 12. | verb | Excuse me. That fare is not enough. | |
| 13. | verb | Excuse me, but do you need any help? | |
| 14. | verb | If you will excuse me for a few minutes, I'd like to make a call. | |
| 15. | verb | Excuse me for opening your letter by mistake. | |
| 16. | noun | He had to get his mother to write an excuse for him. | |
| 17. | noun | A poor excuse for an automobile. |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| It is no use excusing yourself. | |
| Sami isn't excusing Layla. | |
| Excuse someone's behavior. |
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| Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work. |
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| Please excuse me from this class. |
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| Please excuse my dirty hands. |
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| Excuse me; allow me to point out three errors in the above article. | |
| You always excuse your faults by blaming others. | |
| Excuse me, but let me have another look at the photo. | |
| I would like to excuse myself from receiving the Akutagawa Prize. | |
| Excuse us for the inconvenience. | |
| Excuse me. That fare is not enough. | |
| Excuse me, but do you need any help? | |
| If you will excuse me for a few minutes, I'd like to make a call. | |
| Excuse me for opening your letter by mistake. | |
| noun | |
| He had to get his mother to write an excuse for him. |
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| A poor excuse for an automobile. |
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