Definitions
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
Word origin
From Middle English excusen (verb) and excuse (noun), borrowed from Old French escuser (verb) and excuse (noun), from Latin excūsō, excūsāre (“to excuse, allege in excuse, literally, free from a charge”), from ex (“out”) + causa (“a charge”); see cause, accuse and recuse. Displaced native Old English lād (“an excuse”) and lādian (“to excuse”).
Used in a sentence
“I excused him his transgressions.”
“Yet his Nature / In that’s no Changeling, and I muſt excuſe / What cannot be amended.”
“If they say that he did sin in doing this, then they must at the same time acknowledge that a man's persuasion that a thing is a duty will not excuse him from guilt in practising it”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“reason given”6 letters
02“Reason offered in defense”6 letters
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