Word Finder - excuses

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Explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault.

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Tell me why you were late – and I don't want to hear any excuses!

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A defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accused party admits to doing acts for which legal consequences would normally be appropriate, but asserts that special circumstances relieve that party of culpability for having done those acts.

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(with preceding negative adjective, especially sorry, poor or lame) An example of something that is substandard or of inferior quality.

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He's a sorry excuse of a doctor.

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To forgive; to pardon.

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I excused him his transgressions.

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To allow to leave, or release from any obligation.

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I excused myself from the proceedings to think over what I'd heard.

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To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement.

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You know he shouldn't have done it, so don't try to excuse his behavior!

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To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.

I'm not trying to make excuses for his behavior.

Don't make excuses for me.

Giolitti removed the prefect of Rome for not having prevented an expression of popular anger, and presented formal excuses to the French consul at Messina for a demonstration against that consulate.

Winners don't make excuses and they never procrastinate.

Neither reasons quite pass muster with the truancy team, who are impervious to weak excuses.

Council Tax is a grossly unfair tax - people are fed up with all the excuses and empty promises.

Beyond the excuses they are all just murdering scum.

I just make crap excuses for why I'm always skint.

It's no good making excuses now!

Some of the bass tabs available include Got Me Wrong, Again, Hate to Feel, Junkhead, No Excuses and several more.

No more excuses to not play the game, now you can take it everywhere you go!

Location - if the dance studio is too far away or inconvenient to get to, it will be too easy for the student to come up with excuses not to go when something else come up.

Anyway back to the story, the guy I met kept texting me to hang out and I always made up excuses to not hang out because when I first met him I didn't think he was my type.

She makes excuses to spend more time alone.

She looks for excuses to get out of the house.

Then when you question him, he minimizes your feelings and offers up excuses for his behavior.

By holding him accountable, you will have successfully put him in the position to either step up to the plate or come up with numerous excuses as to why he won't do what you ask.

One of the biggest excuses people make about not having a date is that they don't have the time or resources to meet people.

He makes flimsy excuses for being late, keeps his cell phone history a secret and doesn't want to have sex anymore, these are all signs he is cheating.

At the same time, there are many "cover stories" that can be used as excuses - but they may not hold up under scrutiny.

This is also one of the most easy ways to catch someone who is cheating - when pressured, he/she will often try to lie, and lie badly, the inconsistencies in excuses becoming increasingly evident.

Don't drag it out by avoiding the other person or making excuses about why you can't go out with him.

One of the most common excuses people have for not writing is that they just don't know what to say.

So, don't make up too many excuses for guys who are mysterious.

With its open pocket and zip-top closure, you'll adore finding excuses to display this travel bag!

They demand strict obedience and set high expectations, but accept no excuses.

Meetings must start on time and not be delayed by those that straggle in late with no excuses other than "Time got away from me."

If you have to drive long distances to get to a gym, it can be easy to make excuses for why you don't want to do it.

If motivation is a problem and you find yourself coming up with excuses to postpone workouts, having someone waiting at the gym counter may be just the arm-twisting you need.

It's really easy to make excuses about why you can't go to the gym.

Keeping a packed gym bag ready to go in your car at all times eliminates one of those excuses.

There are no more excuses for not working out.

You won't have too many valid excuses for not working out.

This also means you can't make up excuses if it's raining outside!

Unfortunately, that and other excuses have impacted activity.

If you enjoy group exercise classes, but you purchase a treadmill, you're more likely to find excuses not to exercise.

Best of all, a treadmill workout doesn't allow for excuses.

At $45.00, this is a look you'll be happy to find excuses to wear!

Wearing satin panties excuses you from the practicality of cotton and the itchiness of lace.

Other people can't wait until their next office party and sometimes make up excuses to plan the next celebration simply because they are so much fun.

Excuses will be fast and plentiful, but rest assured that Michaels will be prepared for these and able to counter them effectively.

After three years in that position, she was asked to come work directly for the company that owned the training center, where her no nonsense, no excuses approach would eventually attract the attention of Channel 4 TV cameras.

While some might be surprised that Kate and Jon Gosselin find themselves in debt, Kate makes no excuses about the matter.

Beware the buzzwords and vague promises, or worse, excuses and stories about how they "almost" helped clients make it to page one.

The other guests, embarrassed to see their host so humiliated and wanting no part of a Dawkins brawl, murmured excuses and toddled off to bed.

None of the five fought him or made excuses.

The ice climbers smiled politely but one by one began to make excuses about leaving for dinner.

My monthly condition excuses me from duties today so I donned my finest dress and strolled the streets of Ouray like the lady that was once Annie Quincy.

And don't make excuses for him.

Part of her desperately tried to make excuses for Gabe.  Maybe he was fatigued or Death had done something to him.