Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - excuse
Excuse
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v. & n. --v.tr. 1 attempt to lessen the blame attaching to (a person, act, or fault). 2 (of a fact or circumstance) serve in mitigation of (a person or act). 3 obtain exemption for (a person or oneself). 4 (foll. by from) release (a person) from a duty etc. (excused from supervision duties). 5 overlook or forgive (a fault or offence). 6 (foll. by for) forgive (a person) for a fault. 7 not insist upon (what is due). 8 refl. apologize for leaving. --n. 1 a reason put forward to mitigate or justify an offence, fault, etc. 2 an apology (made my excuses). 3 (foll. by for) a poor or inadequate example of. Phrases and idioms be excused be allowed to leave a room etc., e.g. to go to the lavatory. excuse me a polite apology for lack of ceremony, for an interruption etc., or for disagreeing. excuse-me a dance in which dancers may interrupt other pairs to change partners. Derivatives excusable adj. excusably adv. excusatory adj. Etymology: ME f. OF escuser f. L excusare (as EX-(1), causa CAUSE, accusation)
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I. transitive verb (~d; excusing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French escuser, ~r, from Latin excusare, from ex+ causa cause, explanation Date: 13th century 1. to make apology for, to try to remove blame from, to forgive entirely or disregard as of trivial import ; regard as excusable , 3. to grant exemption or release to , to allow to leave , to serve as ~ for ; justify , excusable adjective excusableness noun excusably adverb ~r noun Synonyms: see: ~ II. noun Date: 14th century the act of excusing, 2. something offered as justification or as grounds for being ~d, an expression of regret for failure to do something, a note of explanation of an absence, justification, reason, see: apology ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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