Definition for Excuse:

• A plea offered in extenuation of a fault.

Synonyms for Excuse:

• n.

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

• v.

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

• Other synonyms:

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

Antonyms for Excuse:

• n.

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

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    accusation, accuse, aggravate, arraign, blame, censure, charge, chasten, chastise, compel, condemn, convict, correct, criticize, heed, hold, hurt, imputation, incite, indict, indictment, irritate, maintain, mark, mind, object, oblige, permanent, prevent, punish, restrain, reveal, sentence, object to, hold to, hold responsible, point a or the finger at.

• v.

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