excuse

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n.

1) to find; make; make up an excuse for

2) to accept an excuse

3) to reject an excuse

4) an acceptable, good; convincing; feeble, flimsy, lame, poor, weak; glib; plausible; ready-made; unacceptable; valid excuse

5) an excuse for (an excuse for being late)

6) an excuse to + inf. (it was just an excuse to leave early)

7) an excuse that + clause (they accepted the excuse that I had been ill)

8) (misc.) a poor excuse for something

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v.

1) (D; tr.) to excuse as (he was excused as physically unfit for duty)

2) (D; tr.) to excuse for (to excuse smb. for coming late)

3) (D; tr.) to excuse from (he was excused from drill; BE also has: he was excused drill)

4) (G) we will never excuse taking innocent hostages

5) (K) please excuse my arriving late

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convincing

feeble

flimsy

glib

good

lame

make

make up an excuse for

plausible

poor

ready-made

unacceptable

valid excuse

weak

(G) we will never excuse taking innocent hostages

(K) please excuse my arriving late

(misc.) a poor excuse for something

an acceptable

to accept an excuse

to find

to reject an excuse

an excuse for (an excuse for being late)

(D;tr.) to excuse as (he was excused as physically unfit for duty)

(D; tr.) to excuse from (he was excused from drill; BE also has: he was excused drill)

an excuse to + inf. (it was just an excuse to leave early)

an excuse that + clause (they accepted the excuse that I had been ill)

(D; tr.) to excuse for (to excuse smb. for coming late)