See Also: Excuse(medicine)
excuse(1)(dictionary)
excuse(2)(dictionary)
excuse 1, verb(dictionary)
excuse 2, noun(dictionary)
Excuse me Ma' am / Sir, we Need to Feed the Cchickens not Kill them - Craps(gambling)
Excuse me Ma' am / Sir, you Did not Loose the Dice Only your Money and your Friends - Craps(gambling)
Excuse me Ma' am / Sir, Craps is a Game of Skill not Strength - Craps(gambling)

excuse(2) (iou)



excuse verb. ME.
[Old French escuser (mod. excuser) from Latin excusare free from blame, formed as EX-1 1 + causa accusation.]
verb trans. & intrans. Seek to clear (a person) wholly or partially from blame without denying or justifying the action concerned; try to extenuate (an acknowledged fault). Formerly also, clear of blame by alleging that. ME.
I. Walton I should rather excuse myself, then censure others. E. Haywood She excused..having made him wait.
verb trans. Maintain the innocence of (a person); defend from an accusation (of); seek to justify (an action). ME-L17.
R. Holinshed To excuse him of the death of the archbishop.
verb trans. Obtain exemption for (a person); give reasons for the exemption of (a person) from a duty or obligation. ME.
V. Woolf He went off laughing, excusing himself on the score of business.
b. Decline (a deed, to do) with apologies. M16-M18.
J. Hildrop He pressed me..to dine with him, which I excused.
verb trans. Save (someone) from punishment or harm, esp. by taking someone's place; take the place of and so exempt from a duty. (Foll. by of, from.) ME-E18.
a. verb trans. In pass. Have a sufficient excuse; be freed from blame. ME.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Of a property, circumstance, etc.: serve as an excuse (for). M16.
G. Greene The man looked sick and tired enough to excuse any artifice. Tolkien You speak evil of that which is fair.., and only little wit can excuse you.
verb trans. Release from a task, duty, or obligation; dispense from payment, attendance, etc. (Foll. by from, 2nd obj.) ME.
Oxford English Dictionary The jury were excused from attendance for the rest of the week. D. Athill I had been excused games for all of one term.
verb trans. Accept a plea in exculpation of (a person), forgive; judge leniently on the grounds of extenuating circumstances. LME.
B. Jowett The people may be excused for following tradition only. E. M. Forster You must excuse me if I say stupid things, but my brain has gone to pieces.
b. Admit apology for, overlook, condone, (a fault, offence, impropriety, etc.); regard (an action) indulgently. LME.
F. W. Robertson The boldest heart may be excused a shudder. H. E. Bates Are you married?..Excuse my asking a personal question.
verb trans. Refrain from exacting; dispense with. M17.
Lytton From our royal court We do excuse your presence.
Phrases: be excused colloq. be allowed to leave the room (esp. to relieve oneself) or the table; urinate, defecate. excuse me an apology for interruption, lack of ceremony, etc.; an expression of polite or diffident dissent; (excuse-me dance, a dance in which one may take another person's partner). excuse oneself ask permission or apologize prior to leaving.
excuser noun (a) rare a substitute, a deputy; (b) a person who offers or makes excuses: LME.
excusive adjective tending to excuse; that excuses: L16.