Meanings of sole excuse in English

That is my sole excuse for becoming involved in your affairs.

This is my sole excuse if I was misled by what appeared to me strong circumstantial evidence.

You are mad, Gorka; that can be your sole excuse....

For this the excited state of public opinion, arising from the civil strife which then prevailed, was the sole excuse.

For thy sole excuse is fear; thou makest no secret on't, Go to, no duke nor king hath such cowardly soldiers as Christ hath.

When I challenged the rail authority on this issue the sole excuse offered was: "It is impossible to get people to work on a Sunday."

"I regret having thoughtlessly interrupted your quarrel, gentlemen," he said brusquely, "but this appears to be the sole excuse for a public-room in the place.