excuse 音标拼音: [ɪkskj'us] [ɪkskj'uz]
vt . 原谅,宽恕;免除;为…辩解,成为…的理由
n . 借口,辩解;原谅,饶恕
原谅,宽恕;免除;为…辩解,成为…的理由藉口,辩解;原谅,饶恕
excuse n 1 :
a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc .; "
he kept finding excuses to stay ";
"
every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job "; "
his transparent self -
justification was unacceptable " [
synonym :
{
excuse }, {
alibi }, {
exculpation }, {
self -
justification }]
2 :
a note explaining an absence ; "
he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him "
3 :
a poor example ; "
it was an apology for a meal "; "
a poor excuse for an automobile " [
synonym : {
apology }, {
excuse }]
v 1 :
accept an excuse for ; "
Please excuse my dirty hands " [
synonym :
{
excuse }, {
pardon }]
2 :
grant exemption or release to ; "
Please excuse me from this class " [
synonym : {
excuse }, {
relieve }, {
let off }, {
exempt }]
3 :
serve as a reason or cause or justification of ; "
Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work "; "
Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again "
[
synonym : {
excuse }, {
explain }]
4 :
defend ,
explain ,
clear away ,
or make excuses for by reasoning ; "
rationalize the child '
s seemingly crazy behavior "; "
he rationalized his lack of success " [
synonym :
{
apologize }, {
apologise }, {
excuse }, {
justify }, {
rationalize },
{
rationalise }]
5 :
ask for permission to be released from an engagement [
synonym :
{
excuse }, {
beg off }]
6 :
excuse ,
overlook ,
or make allowances for ;
be lenient with ;
"
excuse someone '
s behavior "; "
She condoned her husband '
s occasional infidelities " [
synonym : {
excuse }, {
condone }]
Excuse \
Ex *
cuse "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Excused };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Excusing }.] [
OE .
escusen ,
cusen ,
OF .
escuser ,
excuser ,
F .
excuser ,
fr .
L .
excusare ;
ex out causa cause ,
causari to plead .
See {
Cause }.]
1 .
To free from accusation ,
or the imputation of fault or blame ;
to clear from guilt ;
to release from a charge ;
to justify by extenuating a fault ;
to exculpate ;
to absolve ;
to acquit .
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A man '
s persuasion that a thing is duty ,
will not excuse him from guilt in practicing it ,
if really and indeed it be against Gog '
s law . --
Abp .
Sharp .
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2 .
To pardon ,
as a fault ;
to forgive entirely ,
or to admit to be little censurable ,
and to overlook ;
as ,
we excuse irregular conduct ,
when extraordinary circumstances appear to justify it .
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I must excuse what can not be amended . --
Shak .
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3 .
To regard with indulgence ;
to view leniently or to overlook ;
to pardon .
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And in our own (
excuse some courtly stains .)
No whiter page than Addison remains . --
Pope .
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4 .
To free from an impending obligation or duty ;
hence ,
to disengage ;
to dispense with ;
to release by favor ;
also ,
to remit by favor ;
not to exact ;
as ,
to excuse a forfeiture .
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I pray thee have me excused . --
xiv .
19 .
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5 .
To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense ;
to make apology for as not seriously evil ;
to ask pardon or indulgence for .
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Think ye that we excuse ourselves to you ? --
2 Cor .
xii .
19 .
Syn :
To vindicate ;
exculpate ;
absolve ;
acquit .
Usage : - {
To Pardon }, {
Excuse }, {
Forgive }.
A superior pardons as an act of mercy or generosity ;
either a superior or an equal excuses .
A crime ,
great fault ,
or a grave offence ,
as one against law or morals ,
may be pardoned ;
a small fault ,
such as a failure in social or conventional obligations ,
slight omissions or neglects may be excused .
Forgive relates to offenses against one '
s self ,
and punishment foregone ;
as ,
to forgive injuries or one who has injured us ;
to pardon grave offenses ,
crimes ,
and criminals ;
to excuse an act of forgetfulness ,
an unintentional offense .
Pardon is also a word of courtesy employed in the sense of excuse .
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Excuse \
Ex *
cuse "\,
n . [
Cf .
F .
excuse .
See {
Excuse },
v .
t .]
1 .
The act of excusing ,
apologizing ,
exculpating ,
pardoning ,
releasing ,
and the like ;
acquittal ;
release ;
absolution ;
justification ;
extenuation .
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Pleading so wisely in excuse of it . --
Shak .
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2 .
That which is offered as a reason for being excused ;
a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or irregular deportment ;
apology ;
as ,
an excuse for neglect of duty ;
excuses for delay of payment .
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Hence with denial vain and coy excuse . --
Milton .
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3 .
That which excuses ;
that which extenuates or justifies a fault . "
It hath the excuse of youth ." --
Shak .
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If eyes were made for seeing .
Then beauty is its own excuse for being . --
Emerson .
Syn :
See {
Apology }.
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187 Moby Thesaurus words for "
excuse ":
abject apology ,
absolution ,
absolve ,
acknowledgment ,
acquit ,
acquittal ,
acquittance ,
alibi ,
alibi out of ,
allow ,
amnesty ,
apologize for ,
apology ,
basis ,
be blind to ,
blind ,
breast -
beating ,
cause ,
clear ,
clearance ,
clearing ,
cloak ,
color ,
compurgation ,
condonation ,
condone ,
confession ,
contrition ,
cop -
out ,
cover ,
cover story ,
cover with excuses ,
cover -
up ,
decontaminate ,
defence ,
defend ,
defense ,
destigmatization ,
destigmatize ,
destigmatizing ,
device ,
discharge ,
disculpation ,
dismiss ,
dismissal ,
dispense ,
dispense from ,
dispense with ,
disregard ,
escape ,
evasion ,
except ,
exculpate ,
exculpation ,
exempt ,
exempt from ,
exemption ,
exonerate ,
exoneration ,
explain ,
explanation ,
extenuate ,
extenuation ,
facade ,
feint ,
forgive ,
forgiveness ,
foundation ,
free ,
front ,
give absolution ,
give dispensation from ,
gloss ,
gloss over ,
grace ,
grant amnesty to ,
grant forgiveness ,
grant immunity ,
grant remission ,
grounds ,
guise ,
handle ,
heedlessness ,
ignore ,
immunity ,
indemnity ,
indulgence ,
justification ,
justify ,
lame excuse ,
let go ,
let off ,
liberate ,
lie out of ,
likely story ,
locus standi ,
loophole ,
make apology for ,
makeshift ,
mask ,
mea culpa ,
mitigate ,
mitigation ,
nonpros ,
offer excuse for ,
ostensible motive ,
out ,
overlook ,
palliate ,
palliation ,
pardon ,
pass over ,
penitence ,
permit ,
plea ,
plead ignorance ,
poor excuse ,
pretense ,
pretension ,
pretext ,
protestation ,
public motive ,
purgation ,
purge ,
purging ,
put -
off ,
quash the charge ,
quietus ,
quittance ,
rational ground ,
rationale ,
rationalization ,
rationalize ,
reason ,
reason for ,
reason why ,
redemption ,
refuge ,
regrets ,
release ,
relieve ,
remise ,
remission ,
remission of sin ,
remit ,
reprieve ,
right ,
save the necessity ,
screen ,
semblance ,
set free ,
sham ,
shift ,
show ,
shrift ,
shrive ,
shrug off ,
smoke screen ,
spare ,
sparing ,
squirm out of ,
stalking -
horse ,
stall ,
stated cause ,
stopgap ,
story ,
stratagem ,
substitute ,
subterfuge ,
the big idea ,
the idea ,
the whatfor ,
the wherefore ,
the why ,
trick ,
underlying reason ,
varnish ,
veil ,
verdict of acquittal ,
vindicate ,
vindication ,
warrant ,
way out ,
whitewash ,
wink at ,
withdraw the charge ,
worm out of EXCUSE .
A reason alleged for the doing or not doing a thing .
This word presents two ideas differing essentially from each other .
In one case an excuse may be made in ,
order to own that the party accused is not guilty ;
in another ,
by showing that though guilty ,
he is less so ,
than he appears to be .
Take ,
for example ,
the case of a sheriff who has an execution against an individual ,
and who in performance of his duty ,
arrests him ;
in an action by the defendant against the sheriff ,
the latter may prove the facts ,
and this shall be a sufficient excuse for him :
this is an excuse of the first kind ,
or a complete justification ;
the sheriff was guilty of no offence .
But suppose ,
secondly ,
that the sheriff has an execution against Paul ,
and by mistake ,
and without any malicious design ,
be arrests Peter instead of Paul ;
the fact of his having the execution against Paul and the mistake being made ,
will not justify the sheriff ,
but it will extenuate and excuse his conduct ,
and this will be an excuse of the second kind .
3 .
Persons are sometimes excused for the commission of acts ,
which ordinarily are crimes ,
either because they had no intention of doing wrong ,
or because they had no power of judging ,
and therefore had no criminal will (
q .
v .);
or having power ,
of judging they had no choice ,
and were compelled by necessity .
Among the first class may be placed infants under the age of discretion ,
lunatics ,
and married women committing an offence in the presence of their husbands ,
not malum in se ,
as treason or murder ;
1 Hale '
s P .
C .
44 ,
45 or in offences relating to the domestic concern or management of the house ,
as the keeping of a bawdy house .
Hawk .
b .
1 ,
c .
1 ,
s .
12 .
Among acts of the second kind may be classed ,
the beating or killing another in self -
defence ;
the destruction of property in order to prevent a more serious calamity ,
as the tearing down of a house on fire ,
to prevent its spreading to the neighboring property ,
and the like .
See Dalloz ,
Dict .
h .
t .
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