Definition for Excuse:

• A plea offered in extenuation of a fault.

Synonyms for Excuse:

• n.

  •
  • subterfuge,
  • trick.
  •
  • ground,
  • motive,
  • forgiveness,
  • cause,
  • occasion.
  •
  • authorize,
  • empower,
  • approve,
  • allow,
  • right.
  •
  • account for,
  • spare,
  • argue,
  • dispense.
  •
  • stretch.
  •answer (noun)
  • acknowledgment,
  • echo,
  • counterclaim,
  • return,
  • rejoinder,
  • counter-reply,
  • rebuttal,
  • riposte,
  • surrebuttal,
  • counter-accusation,
  • reply,
  • comeback,
  • countercharge,
  • replication,
  • counter-statement,
  • explanation,
  • response,
  • retort,
  • answer.
  •chance (noun)
  • occasion.
  •defense (noun)
  • cleanup,
  • jive.
  •dismissal (noun)
  • exception,
  • concession,
  • stay,
  • amnesty,
  • liberty,
  • immunity,
  • permission,
  • discharge,
  • freedom,
  • waiver,
  • release,
  • reprieve,
  • relief,
  • absolution,
  • pardon,
  • exemption,
  • license,
  • dismissal,
  • dispensation,
  • privilege.
  •excuse (noun)
  • exculpation,
  • apology,
  • apologize,
  • alibi,
  • self-justification,
  • rationalize,
  • explain,
  • relieve,
  • exempt,
  • condone,
  • apologise,
  • beg off,
  • rationalise,
  • pardon.
  •forgiveness (noun)
  • pardon.
  •makeshift (noun)
  • substitute.
  •opportunity (noun)
  • one's say.
  •plea (noun)
  • appeal,
  • suit,
  • entreaty,
  • petition.
  •pretext (noun)
  • rationale,
  • white lie,
  • reason,
  • pretense,
  • red herring,
  • affirmation,
  • alibi,
  • loop-hole,
  • stratagem,
  • plea,
  • smoke screen,
  • claim,
  • pretext.
  •reason, explanation (noun)
  • justification,
  • why and wherefore,
  • makeshift,
  • rationalization,
  • subterfuge,
  • extenuation,
  • stall,
  • grounds,
  • routine,
  • pretext,
  • cleanup,
  • cover,
  • stopgap,
  • substitute,
  • plea,
  • mitigation,
  • regrets,
  • semblance,
  • defense,
  • alibi,
  • vindication,
  • song and dance,
  • evasion,
  • coverup,
  • expedient,
  • cover story,
  • story,
  • disguise,
  • whitewash,
  • jive,
  • fish story,
  • trick,
  • song,
  • apology,
  • shift.
  •response (noun)
  • justification,
  • reaction,
  • denial,
  • refutation,
  • defense,
  • objection.

• v.

  •acquit (verb)
  • defray,
  • acquit,
  • clear,
  • free,
  • dismiss,
  • exculpate,
  • forgive,
  • vindicate,
  • absolve,
  • exonerate,
  • liberate.
  •communication (verb)
  • explain,
  • pardon.
  •dismiss (verb)
  • exempt,
  • permit,
  • except,
  • dispel,
  • relieve.
  •forgive (verb)
  • forget,
  • condone,
  • forbear,
  • show mercy,
  • remit,
  • tolerate,
  • overlook,
  • relent.
  •forgive, absolve; justify (verb)
  • exonerate,
  • pass over,
  • bear with,
  • clear,
  • mitigate,
  • pardon,
  • defend,
  • extenuate,
  • exculpate,
  • vindicate,
  • forgive,
  • free,
  • reprieve,
  • plead ignorance,
  • rationalize,
  • condone,
  • dispense from,
  • exempt from,
  • remit,
  • grant amnesty,
  • take rap for,
  • tolerate,
  • explain,
  • make allowances for,
  • let go,
  • give absolution,
  • release,
  • wink at,
  • indulge,
  • shrive,
  • discharge,
  • overlook,
  • relieve,
  • spare,
  • exempt,
  • shrug off,
  • appease,
  • apologize for,
  • purge,
  • liberate,
  • acquit.
  •plead (verb)
  • allege,
  • plead,
  • beg,
  • justify.
  •pleading (verb)
  • Begging.
  •vindicate (verb)
  • apologize,
  • refute,
  • avenge,
  • mitigate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • mea culpa,
  • opportunity,
  • condonation,
  • shrive,
  • argue,
  • mitigation.
  •
  • forgiveness,
  • basis,
  • cop out,
  • whitewash,
  • occasion,
  • purify,
  • legitimize,
  • motive.
  •
  • regret,
  • cause,
  • spare.
  •
  • remission,
  • story.
  •
  • dispense,
  • sense.
  •
  • ground.
  •
  • out.
  •
  • stretch.
  •acquit
  • let go,
  • Disculpate.
  •connive
  • wink at.
  •extenuate
  • make allowances.
  •extenuation
  • extenuating circumstances.
  •forgive
  • allow for,
  • exculpate.
  •reduce
  • extenuate.
  •spur
  • incentive.
  •weigh
  • allowance.
  •Other relevant words:
  • void,
  • allay,
  • pass water,
  • exemplify,
  • administer,
  • prevarication,
  • mea culpa,
  • pardonable,
  • cunning,
  • lustrate,
  • fib,
  • assuage,
  • appease,
  • support,
  • ploy,
  • deceit,
  • genuine,
  • sparing,
  • leave out,
  • allowance,
  • real,
  • sincere,
  • dispense with,
  • pass over,
  • moonshine,
  • sanction,
  • cover up,
  • take rap for,
  • hard,
  • device,
  • BILL OF INDEMNITY,
  • stall,
  • be without,
  • overlooking,
  • conceal,
  • contrition,
  • apologize for,
  • refuge,
  • routine,
  • make apology for,
  • examine,
  • escape,
  • find innocent,
  • disencumber,
  • footing,
  • facade,
  • play down,
  • basis,
  • redemption,
  • lie,
  • protection,
  • ruse,
  • breast-beating,
  • defence,
  • make allowances,
  • minimize,
  • excrete,
  • plead ignorance,
  • allow,
  • flattery,
  • one's say,
  • falsehood,
  • explicate,
  • decontaminate,
  • handle,
  • affront,
  • idea,
  • advocacy,
  • sugar-coat,
  • piddle,
  • evasion,
  • make use of,
  • blind,
  • opportunity,
  • by means of,
  • lighten,
  • dodging,
  • confirm,
  • stalking-horse,
  • ground,
  • irresponsibility,
  • wink at,
  • expiate,
  • extenuating circumstances,
  • gloss,
  • occasion,
  • honorable,
  • allegation,
  • argue,
  • shake hands,
  • disguise,
  • makeshift,
  • legalize,
  • sense,
  • extenuation,
  • let,
  • pardon me,
  • coloured,
  • coverup,
  • camouflage,
  • urinate,
  • subterfuge,
  • sham,
  • untruth,
  • remission,
  • apology,
  • hide,
  • indulgence,
  • semblance,
  • account for,
  • ignore,
  • spend a penny,
  • empower,
  • salve,
  • forgiveness,
  • forget about,
  • disregard,
  • equivocation,
  • shelter,
  • tinkle,
  • purge,
  • serious,
  • story,
  • give absolution,
  • neglect,
  • heedlessness,
  • out,
  • still,
  • direct,
  • shut eyes to,
  • let go,
  • renunciation,
  • cover story,
  • palliate,
  • regrets,
  • excuse oneself,
  • why and wherefore,
  • Compurgation,
  • apologetic,
  • commentary,
  • deliverance,
  • obstinate,
  • micturate,
  • alleviate,
  • cloak,
  • not have,
  • foundation,
  • lying,
  • candid,
  • quietus,
  • contrary,
  • tall tale,
  • artless,
  • pee-pee,
  • eliminate,
  • colour,
  • purgation,
  • make allowance for,
  • clearing,
  • salvo,
  • take over,
  • rationalization,
  • verify,
  • song and dance,
  • regret,
  • exclusion,
  • extenuate,
  • fish story,
  • contrivance,
  • extenuating,
  • expound,
  • resort to,
  • intractable,
  • trickery,
  • resort,
  • omit,
  • pass,
  • define,
  • remission of sin,
  • grace,
  • shit,
  • prune,
  • obdurate,
  • carve,
  • write off,
  • ease,
  • make plausible,
  • song,
  • evasiveness,
  • faithful,
  • chop,
  • simple,
  • uphold,
  • acquittal,
  • color,
  • invulnerability,
  • quitclaim,
  • wash hands,
  • shrive,
  • condonation,
  • forgiving,
  • gloss over,
  • dye,
  • spare,
  • call for,
  • allow for,
  • varnish,
  • recourse,
  • soften,
  • entitle,
  • whitewash,
  • Disculpate,
  • slur,
  • cleanup,
  • authorize,
  • grounds,
  • argument,
  • special pleading,
  • expedient,
  • perverse,
  • manoeuvre,
  • non-liability,
  • mince,
  • front,
  • Advocation,
  • indulge,
  • stopgap,
  • vindication,
  • stretch,
  • Reprieval,
  • honest,
  • rationalize,
  • sophistry,
  • exoneration,
  • exculpation,
  • open,
  • grant immunity,
  • commute,
  • dispense,
  • feint,
  • Gloze,
  • apologia,
  • Remise,
  • worm out of,
  • dispense from,
  • exempt from,
  • pretension,
  • purging,
  • destigmatize,
  • shrug off,
  • why,
  • diminish,
  • beg off,
  • consideration,
  • validate,
  • squirm out of,
  • pee,
  • show,
  • protestation,
  • substitute,
  • defend,
  • palliation,
  • artifice,
  • disengage,
  • screen,
  • clearance,
  • piss,
  • crap,
  • chicane,
  • determine,
  • mind,
  • pretend,
  • mitigation,
  • redeem,
  • trick,
  • let-off,
  • double-talk,
  • shift,
  • shrift,
  • let pass,
  • reason why,
  • incentive,
  • cop out,
  • pretence,
  • annotation,
  • way out,
  • quittance,
  • downplay,
  • acquittance,
  • motive,
  • cover,
  • set free,
  • cut,
  • excuse me,
  • appearance,
  • sustain,
  • stubborn,
  • self-justification,
  • legitimatize,
  • grant amnesty,
  • locus standi,
  • enfranchise,
  • quibbling,
  • forgive and forget,
  • indemnity,
  • mask,
  • franchise,
  • wherefore,
  • bolster up,
  • rationalise,
  • need,
  • substantiate,
  • evacuate,
  • intrigue,
  • make water,
  • loophole,
  • dodge,
  • Disculpation,
  • heartfelt,
  • set right,
  • purify,
  • cause,
  • bear with,
  • confession,
  • confabulation,
  • necessitate,
  • qualify,
  • make reasonable,
  • explain,
  • requirement,
  • sour grapes,
  • make light of,
  • poor excuse,
  • approve,
  • exclude,
  • penitence,
  • veil,
  • base,
  • wee-wee,
  • sinfully,
  • jive,
  • relieve oneself,
  • deception,
  • be blind to,
  • example,
  • subject,
  • let ride,
  • blink at,
  • guise,
  • defecate,
  • smokescreen,
  • apologise,
  • legitimate,
  • call,
  • fair,
  • simulation,
  • make allowances for,
  • disoblige,
  • right,
  • Fudging,
  • warrant,
  • legitimize,
  • explain away,
  • chicanery,
  • elucidate.

Antonyms for Excuse:

• n.

  • reason, explanation
    permanent.
  • Other antonyms:
    condemnation, accusation, complaint, wrong, insult, offense, imputation, injury.

• v.

  • forgive, absolve; justify
    accuse, charge, censure, maintain, hurt, reveal, hold, prevent, punish, sentence, irritate, blame, restrain, incite, damn, condemn, keep, limit, aggravate.

Homophones for Excuse:

• ego, es, excise, eccyesis, ecosoc, exegesis, eisegesis, each week, eyeish, eggshake, egis, eggwhisk, eyes, ECK, essex, eos, ease, eyas, egg, echo, eeg, eyewash, eyck, ecg, esq, ezo, eschew, e.g., ex, ec, excess, each, esau, ekg, echoic, Equus Quagga, ese, equus, exiguous, eec, eggs, EAS, easy, ecc, eq, EXEC, ezekias, esox, ecesis, esaki, essay.