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Meanings of excuse (excuses) in English

Portuguese
álibi
Catalan
excusa
Spanish
excusa

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

        álibi
        Spanish
        justificar

        Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning.

              justificar
              Synonyms
              Examples for "alibi"
              Examples for "alibi"
              1
              I do hope to make the alibi a fact in truth, however.
              Arabian nights with a rake
              2
              But of course the journey's true purpose was to arrange an alibi.
              In Cold Blood
              3
              But by January 1987 he was forced to seek a new alibi.
              The Guardian
              4
              Of course, in turn she provided an alibi for Fu, as well.
              Don't Cry Tai Lake
              5
              And I don't really know why he'd need an alibi for Emerald.
              Good girls don't
              1
              The following morning they discovered the final self-exculpation next to his body.
              Radio NZ
              2
              They made habit and bad example almost a sufficient exculpation from crime.
              Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 2: Renaissance and Refor...
              3
              Nothing like the need for self-exculpation to get your blood pressure up.
              Body work
              4
              It cannot affect him; but these two shall hear your exculpation of him.
              The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales
              5
              She fought on the consuming fire to have her exculpation heard.
              Diana of the Crossways — Volume 4
              1
              And the speech was long on self-justification on phone tapping and Iraq.
              The Irish Times
              2
              He might have answered her in kind, but self-justification passed his power.
              The Lone Wolf: A Melodrama
              3
              The second faction against our Mother Tongue springs from a malicious self-justification.
              The Banquet (Il Convito)
              4
              THAT was what came of my intended self-justification and plea for mercy!
              Poor Folk
              5
              Why, I shall be forced, in self-justification, to carry through the farce!'
              Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face
              Portuguese
              perdoar
              Catalan
              perdonar
              Spanish
              disculpar

              To stop blaming someone for an offense.

                    perdoar
                    Portuguese
                    eximir
                    Catalan
                    disculpar
                    Spanish
                    liberar

                    Grant exemption or release to.

                          eximir
                          Usage of excuses in English
                          1
                          New Zealand First leader Winston Peters said Mr Key had no excuses.
                          Radio NZ
                          2
                          Oxford Tycoon had excuses first-up so expect a much better result tonight.
                          News.com.au
                          3
                          I make no excuses and I take full responsibility, the statement said.
                          Radio NZ
                          4
                          We patients are given constant excuses as to why it isn't happening.
                          The Guardian
                          5
                          I know Rosettenville residents don't want excuses from us, they want action.
                          The South African
                          6
                          Whilst HMRC will consider reasonable excuses these are limited to exceptional circumstances.
                          The South African
                          7
                          Wars were always great excuses to settle all kinds of personal scores.
                          The Thursday War
                          8
                          He quickly considered the various excuses he could offer to his parents.
                          A week in december
                          9
                          This, of course, excuses a wide range of human flaws and abnormalities.
                          Man in the Middle
                          10
                          The coach said that there were no excuses for the final loss.
                          The South African
                          11
                          There are no excuses for indifference read a banner carried by children.
                          Reuters
                          12
                          But nothing excuses the way I acted and the things I said.
                          Tough customer: a novel
                          13
                          When I call it in, I want no questions asked, no excuses.
                          The player
                          14
                          In this day and age of electronics, there are really no excuses.
                          Ebony
                          15
                          Do you know that I had to make excuses for you today?
                          Dear John
                          16
                          Incline not my heart to evil words; to make excuses in sins.
                          The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
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