excuse
- sense 1: accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands"
- excuse pardon
- forgive
- concede yield grant
- agree hold concur concord
- sense 2: grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"
- excuse relieve let_off exempt
- absolve justify free
- forgive
- concede yield grant
- agree hold concur concord
- sense 3: 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 amy explain her reluctance to date again"
- excuse explain
- sense 4: defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
- apologize apologise excuse justify rationalize rationalise
- defend support fend_for
- argue reason
- present represent lay_out
- state say tell
- express verbalize verbalise utter give_tongue_to
- sense 5: ask for permission to be released from an engagement
- excuse beg_off
- request bespeak call_for quest
- communicate pass_on pass put_across
- convey transmit communicate
- sense 6: excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities"
- excuse condone
- forgive
- concede yield grant
- agree hold concur concord