Synonyms for Excuse:

• n.

  •
  • attendance,
  • enroll,
  • attend,
  • audit,
  • drop out,
  • board,
  • enrollment,
  • absenteeism,
  • entrance,
  • absence.
  •
  • let something go,
  • make allowance/allowances (for),
  • water under the bridge,
  • trick,
  • make (your) peace (with someone).
  •
  • point,
  • in justification of something.
  •
  • empower,
  • allow,
  • right,
  • say yes,
  • mandate,
  • grant,
  • give/get the go-ahead,
  • authorize,
  • approve.
  •
  • account for.
  •
  • bend the rules (for someone),
  • bend/stretch the rules.
  •alibi (noun)
  • cop outs,
  • re-tort,
  • co-pouts,
  • copouts,
  • re torts,
  • re tort,
  • re-torts,
  • co pouts,
  • song dance,
  • airtight cases.
  •answer (noun)
  • rejoinder,
  • counterclaim,
  • echo,
  • acknowledgment,
  • retort,
  • answer,
  • replication,
  • counter-statement,
  • countercharge,
  • reply,
  • return,
  • counter-reply,
  • rebuttal,
  • surrebuttal,
  • counter-accusation,
  • comeback,
  • response,
  • riposte.
  •apologise (noun)
  • apologise.
  •apologize (noun)
  • apologize.
  •apology (noun)
  • re dress,
  • re-dresses,
  • re dresses,
  • re-dress.
  •beg off (noun)
  • beg off.
  •color (noun)
  • false show.
  •communication (noun)
  • excuse.
  •defense (noun)
  • copout,
  • cleanups,
  • cleanup,
  • off-time,
  • apologetics,
  • jive,
  • jives.
  •dismissal (noun)
  • concession,
  • dismissal,
  • permission,
  • license,
  • exemption,
  • dispensation,
  • waiver,
  • amnesty,
  • privilege,
  • relief,
  • stay,
  • liberty,
  • immunity,
  • freedom,
  • exception,
  • absolution.
  •evasion (noun)
  • evadings,
  • dodgings,
  • equivocatings,
  • obliquenesses,
  • fancy footworks,
  • fudgings,
  • fugivities,
  • shunnings,
  • eschewals,
  • fugivitenesses,
  • shirkings.
  •example (noun)
  • re presentation,
  • re-presentations,
  • ex-ample,
  • kind thing,
  • ex ample,
  • re presentations,
  • case point.
  •excuse (noun)
  • rationalise,
  • self-justification.
  •explanation (noun)
  • in-formations,
  • dis plays,
  • ex-planation,
  • ex-planations,
  • ex-positions,
  • ex-plications,
  • ex planation,
  • ex plications,
  • re-solutions,
  • ex plication,
  • de-tails,
  • ex-plication,
  • dis-plays,
  • re solutions,
  • dis-play,
  • de tails,
  • in-formation,
  • ex planations,
  • in formations,
  • dis play,
  • re-solution,
  • ex-position.
  •grounds (noun)
  • sub stratum,
  • infos,
  • infra structures,
  • infra structure,
  • whyfors,
  • under pinning,
  • sub-stratums,
  • sub stratums,
  • sub strata,
  • sub-stratum,
  • under-pinning,
  • infra-structures,
  • chapter verse,
  • straight stuffs,
  • sub-strata.
  •incentive (noun)
  • pro vocation,
  • reason whys,
  • pro vocations,
  • pro-vocations.
  •let-off (noun)
  • let-off.
  •makeshift (noun)
  • mediocrity,
  • sorry specimen,
  • substitute,
  • inferior example.
  •opportunity (noun)
  • hours,
  • one's say,
  • one's move,
  • iron in the fire,
  • the running,
  • Prayers,
  • hour,
  • leisure,
  • the hunt,
  • Opportunities,
  • good fortune,
  • one's turn.
  •pardon (noun)
  • lifesavers.
  •plea (noun)
  • appeal,
  • suit,
  • entreaty,
  • petition.
  •pretense (noun)
  • in sincerities,
  • feignings,
  • pre-tenses,
  • fakings,
  • dis simulation,
  • schticks,
  • fakeries,
  • makebelieve,
  • mis representation,
  • pre-tense,
  • posings,
  • dumb acts,
  • mis-statements,
  • dis-simulation,
  • pre tense,
  • in sincerity,
  • in-sincerity,
  • dissimulations,
  • pre tenses,
  • in-sincerities,
  • mis statements,
  • doubledealing,
  • mis statement,
  • mis representations,
  • mis-representation,
  • dis simulations,
  • dis-simulations.
  •pretext (noun)
  • plea,
  • affirmation,
  • claim,
  • loop-hole,
  • stratagem,
  • white lie,
  • red herring,
  • smoke screen.
  •rationale (noun)
  • the big ideas,
  • hypo thesis,
  • hypo-thesis,
  • why wherefores,
  • whatfors,
  • whole ideas,
  • why wherefore,
  • the whole ideas,
  • big ideas,
  • why and wherefores,
  • raison detre.
  •reason, explanation (noun)
  • rationalization,
  • extenuation,
  • justification,
  • cover,
  • shift,
  • disguise,
  • regrets,
  • cover story,
  • vindication,
  • routine,
  • song,
  • coverup,
  • makeshift,
  • stopgap,
  • fish story,
  • expedient,
  • semblance,
  • song and dance.
  •response (noun)
  • denial,
  • refutation,
  • objection,
  • reaction.
  •subterfuge (noun)
  • dis honesties,
  • dis-honesty,
  • dis honesty,
  • dis-honesties.

• v.

  •absolve (verb)
  • letted easy,
  • letted hook,
  • blinks at,
  • letted the hook,
  • lets easy,
  • let the hook,
  • lets off the hook,
  • let hook,
  • wiping the slate clean,
  • winking at,
  • let upon,
  • letted off easy,
  • letting hook,
  • letting off easy,
  • letting up on,
  • letting off hook,
  • letted off the hook,
  • lets upon,
  • lifeboating,
  • lets the hook,
  • went easy on,
  • letting easy,
  • blinked at,
  • winks at,
  • letting the hook,
  • lets up on,
  • letting upon,
  • wipes it off,
  • blinking at,
  • wiped the slate clean,
  • goes easy on,
  • wiped slate clean,
  • wiping slate clean,
  • letted upon,
  • lets hook,
  • wiping off,
  • wiping it off,
  • wipes the slate clean,
  • let easy,
  • wiped it off,
  • wipes off,
  • letted off hook,
  • lets off easy,
  • letting off the hook,
  • lifeboated,
  • letted up on,
  • lets off hook,
  • wipes slate clean.
  •acquit (verb)
  • dismiss,
  • exonerate,
  • defray,
  • liberate,
  • clear,
  • exculpate.
  •communication (verb)
  • pardon.
  •condone (verb)
  • lets come,
  • letting come,
  • nods at,
  • letted it go by,
  • lets pass,
  • laps up,
  • dis regards,
  • looked other way,
  • lets go by,
  • giving green light,
  • dis regarding,
  • dis-regarded,
  • lets it go by,
  • letting it go by,
  • looks the other way,
  • looking other way,
  • dis regarded,
  • dis regard,
  • lets it come,
  • letted go by,
  • looked the other way,
  • looking the other way,
  • dis-regards,
  • letting go by,
  • letted come,
  • nodded at,
  • dis-regarding,
  • letting it come,
  • look other way,
  • gives green light,
  • gave green light,
  • letting pass,
  • letted it come,
  • letted pass,
  • nodding at,
  • let come,
  • looks other way,
  • lapping up,
  • dis-regard.
  •cop out (verb)
  • had alibi,
  • has alibi,
  • with drawing,
  • hadst alibi,
  • gives slip,
  • de sert,
  • using pretext,
  • with draws,
  • giving the slip,
  • give slip,
  • hast alibi,
  • de-sert,
  • gave slip,
  • with drawn,
  • with drew,
  • with-drew,
  • gives the slip,
  • with draw,
  • gave the slip,
  • haddest alibi,
  • hath alibi,
  • used pretext,
  • with-draw,
  • uses pretext,
  • with-drawing,
  • giving slip,
  • having alibi,
  • with-drawn.
  •discharge (verb)
  • dis-encumbering,
  • ran out town,
  • dis card,
  • rides out on rail,
  • freezing out,
  • re-placed,
  • privileged from,
  • dis burden,
  • dis-charge,
  • letted one go,
  • dis burdened,
  • dis-place,
  • un-loading,
  • dis burdening,
  • re-move,
  • gives one notice,
  • rode out on rail,
  • dis charged,
  • dis-places,
  • rid out on rail,
  • dis carded,
  • re moved,
  • run out town,
  • dis-encumber,
  • dis carding,
  • dis cards,
  • dis-placed,
  • dis places,
  • re moving,
  • gave notice,
  • dis-charges,
  • dis-charging,
  • giving notice,
  • dis-burdens,
  • un loads,
  • dis encumber,
  • locking out,
  • riding out on rail,
  • dis-cards,
  • un loaded,
  • gave one notice,
  • showed the door,
  • ran out of town,
  • dis-carding,
  • dis burdens,
  • dis placing,
  • dis charges,
  • nixed,
  • dis-charged,
  • dis-encumbers,
  • re placing,
  • un-loads,
  • rode out rail,
  • re-place,
  • dis-carded,
  • locked out,
  • privileges from,
  • un-loaded,
  • giving one notice,
  • re-moves,
  • dis place,
  • privileging from,
  • rides out rail,
  • dis-burdened,
  • dis charge,
  • re placed,
  • running out town,
  • re places,
  • letted out,
  • runs out town,
  • re-moving,
  • boots out,
  • un load,
  • re-places,
  • dis placed,
  • freezes out,
  • ride out rail,
  • gives notice,
  • showing the door,
  • froze out,
  • dis-burden,
  • re move,
  • un-load,
  • un loading,
  • dis encumbers,
  • rid out rail,
  • running out of town,
  • riding out rail,
  • show door,
  • re place,
  • showing door,
  • booted out,
  • shows the door,
  • re-placing,
  • dis-card,
  • runs out of town,
  • dis-placing,
  • dis encumbered,
  • dis-encumbered,
  • lets one go,
  • dis charging,
  • showed door,
  • letting one go,
  • locks out,
  • dis encumbering,
  • shows door,
  • dis-burdening,
  • lets out.
  •dismiss (verb)
  • dispel,
  • permit.
  •dispense (verb)
  • ex cept,
  • ex-cept.
  •exculpate (verb)
  • dis missed,
  • dis-missing,
  • dis missing,
  • dis-missed.
  •exempt (verb)
  • wiped slate,
  • granted immunity,
  • wipes the slate,
  • wiping slate,
  • wipes slate,
  • wiped the slate,
  • wiping the slate,
  • wipe slate,
  • grants immunity.
  •expiate (verb)
  • paid one dues,
  • pays one dues,
  • re-dressed,
  • re-dressing,
  • doeth penance,
  • paying one's dues,
  • payed ones dues,
  • re deem,
  • paid ones dues,
  • pay ones dues,
  • didst penance,
  • paid dues,
  • doest penance,
  • squares things,
  • payed one's dues,
  • paying one dues,
  • re dressed,
  • payed one dues,
  • pays ones dues,
  • paying ones dues,
  • atones for,
  • re-deeming,
  • re deeming,
  • re deemed,
  • payed dues,
  • pays one's dues,
  • pays dues,
  • does penance,
  • re dressing,
  • re-deem,
  • doth penance,
  • re-deems,
  • dost penance,
  • pay one dues,
  • paying dues,
  • did penance,
  • squared things,
  • atoning for.
  •explain (verb)
  • ex pounding,
  • ex-pounding,
  • re-solve,
  • para phrasing,
  • ex-plicated,
  • un ravel,
  • threw light up on,
  • un-folding,
  • ex-pound,
  • un ravelled,
  • de-scribes,
  • ex-plicates,
  • ex-plicate,
  • ex pounds,
  • ex plained,
  • ex-plicating,
  • de-ciphered,
  • dis-close,
  • going into detail,
  • trans-lated,
  • ex pounded,
  • ex plicates,
  • putting across,
  • un-ravelled,
  • de-fines,
  • re fines,
  • throws light up on,
  • ex-pounded,
  • re solves,
  • de ciphers,
  • para-phrases,
  • re-solves,
  • para-phrase,
  • re fined,
  • broke down,
  • brake down,
  • ex plaining,
  • de fine,
  • threw light upon,
  • un ravelling,
  • de-ciphering,
  • para phrases,
  • goes into detail,
  • went into detail,
  • ex plicated,
  • ex plain,
  • de scribes,
  • sets right,
  • re-veals,
  • put plain english,
  • dis closing,
  • ex plicate,
  • ex-plaining,
  • de scribing,
  • breaks down,
  • re-fines,
  • making plain,
  • de ciphered,
  • puts plain english,
  • de ciphering,
  • ex plicating,
  • re veals,
  • de scribe,
  • throwing light upon,
  • de-scribed,
  • trans late,
  • dis closed,
  • dis-closes,
  • un fold,
  • de-ciphers,
  • ex-plains,
  • puts in plain english,
  • go in to detail,
  • un-folded,
  • putting in plain english,
  • un tangles,
  • para phrase,
  • throwing light up on,
  • de fining,
  • un tangled,
  • de fines,
  • un-ravelling,
  • putting plain english,
  • goes in to detail,
  • ex plains,
  • un-fold,
  • un-tangled,
  • un-raveling,
  • un-tangling,
  • de-fining,
  • re-solved,
  • ex-pounds,
  • re-veal,
  • de-scribing,
  • un-tangle,
  • dis closes,
  • un raveled,
  • de cipher,
  • re-fining,
  • de fined,
  • un folds,
  • throws light upon,
  • un tangling,
  • ex pound,
  • de scribed,
  • ex-plain,
  • puts across,
  • dis-closed,
  • re-solving,
  • makes plain,
  • un-ravels,
  • para-phrasing,
  • un tangle,
  • re-fine,
  • made plain,
  • para-phrased,
  • going in to detail,
  • de-cipher,
  • throw light up on,
  • un-folds,
  • un folded,
  • de-fine,
  • de-fined,
  • un-raveled,
  • un folding,
  • ex-plained,
  • para phrased,
  • un-ravel,
  • un ravels,
  • went in to detail,
  • un-tangles,
  • re fine,
  • re solve,
  • de-scribe,
  • dis-closing,
  • un raveling,
  • dis close.
  •extenuate (verb)
  • de-creased,
  • re duce,
  • de creases,
  • de creased,
  • re-duces,
  • makes allowances,
  • made allowances,
  • re-duce,
  • re duces,
  • de-creasing,
  • making allowances,
  • de creasing,
  • de crease,
  • de-crease,
  • de-creases.
  •forgive (verb)
  • relent,
  • tolerate,
  • forget,
  • forbear,
  • show mercy.
  •forgive, absolve; justify (verb)
  • shrug off,
  • exempt from,
  • bear with,
  • pass over,
  • make allowances for,
  • appease,
  • defend,
  • take rap for,
  • plead ignorance,
  • mitigate,
  • dispense from,
  • indulge,
  • purge.
  •free (verb)
  • dis-embarrassing,
  • un-burden,
  • un-burdening,
  • un-packing,
  • dis embarrasses,
  • un did,
  • un lades,
  • un-shackling,
  • dis-engages,
  • un-shackles,
  • un packed,
  • de-contaminated,
  • un shackled,
  • dis-embarrasses,
  • dis-engaging,
  • unshackles,
  • un-shackle,
  • de contaminating,
  • dis entangling,
  • dis entangle,
  • un does,
  • dis-engaged,
  • un laded,
  • un lade,
  • dis-embarrassed,
  • dis entangles,
  • un-pack,
  • un burdening,
  • de contaminate,
  • un burden,
  • un burdened,
  • un lading,
  • un packs,
  • un-burdened,
  • un-burdens,
  • un shackling,
  • un-lading,
  • dis engaging,
  • dis embarrass,
  • dis-engage,
  • dis embarrassed,
  • dis engaged,
  • un-shackled,
  • un-doing,
  • dis-entangle,
  • de-contaminate,
  • dis-embarrass,
  • dis engage,
  • de-contaminating,
  • dis-entangling,
  • dis-entangles,
  • un doing,
  • un done,
  • un shackles,
  • un-lades,
  • dis engages,
  • un-packed,
  • un burdens,
  • un packing,
  • un pack,
  • un-lade,
  • un-laded,
  • dis entangled,
  • un-did,
  • un-packs,
  • dis embarrassing,
  • un shackle,
  • dis-entangled,
  • de contaminated,
  • un-does,
  • de contaminates,
  • de-contaminates.
  •justify (verb)
  • didst justice to,
  • was answerable for,
  • standing up for,
  • speaks in favor,
  • de-fended,
  • re-butted,
  • apologizing for,
  • speak favor,
  • stands up for,
  • spoke favor,
  • de fending,
  • apologized for,
  • did justice to,
  • de-fends,
  • doing justice to,
  • speaks favor,
  • argued for,
  • am answerable for,
  • are answerable for,
  • does justice to,
  • up-holds,
  • cop plea,
  • art answerable for,
  • re butted,
  • doeth justice to,
  • de fend,
  • up hold,
  • up holds,
  • spake favor,
  • spoke in favor,
  • shows cause,
  • doth justice to,
  • de fended,
  • up-holding,
  • being answerable for,
  • wast answerable for,
  • speaking favor,
  • dost justice to,
  • up held,
  • were answerable for,
  • is answerable for,
  • de-fending,
  • up holding,
  • re butting,
  • showing cause,
  • argues for,
  • showed cause,
  • up-held,
  • makes good,
  • doest justice to,
  • spake in favor,
  • apologizes for,
  • wert answerable for,
  • up-hold,
  • speaking in favor,
  • re-butting,
  • de fends,
  • de-fend.
  •overlook (verb)
  • over-look,
  • swim with tide,
  • swimming with tide,
  • grinned and bear it,
  • grins and bear it,
  • over looking,
  • played past,
  • over-looking,
  • lived with,
  • turning blind eye to,
  • grinning bear it,
  • tuned out,
  • swam with tide,
  • swims with the tide,
  • grinning and bear it,
  • turns blind eye to,
  • swam with the tide,
  • grin bear it,
  • payed no mind,
  • playing past,
  • over looks,
  • over-looked,
  • grinned bear it,
  • pays no mind,
  • tunes out,
  • swims with tide,
  • plays past,
  • putting with,
  • paid no mind,
  • rolled with punches,
  • tuning out,
  • over looked,
  • over-looks,
  • swimming with the tide,
  • over look,
  • turned blind eye to,
  • grins bear it.
  •palliate (verb)
  • puts a band aid,
  • putting on a bandaid,
  • put band-aid,
  • putting band aid,
  • put a band aid,
  • putting a band-aid,
  • puts band-aid,
  • dis-guised,
  • putting on band-aid,
  • putting on a band aid,
  • quick fixing,
  • putting a band aid,
  • puts a bandaid,
  • quick fixed,
  • puts bandaid,
  • puts on bandaid,
  • dis-guising,
  • puts a band-aid,
  • puts band aid,
  • glozes,
  • making light of,
  • put on a band aid,
  • put on band aid,
  • puts on band-aid,
  • puts on a band aid,
  • putting bandaid,
  • puts on a bandaid,
  • putting a bandaid,
  • makes light of,
  • Glozed,
  • puts on a band-aid,
  • putting on band aid,
  • quick fixt,
  • put a band-aid,
  • putting band-aid,
  • dis guising,
  • put on bandaid,
  • put bandaid,
  • put on band-aid,
  • put a bandaid,
  • putting on bandaid,
  • putting on a band-aid,
  • puts on band aid,
  • put band aid,
  • dis guised,
  • put on a bandaid.
  •pardon (verb)
  • granting amnesty,
  • granted amnesty,
  • suspends charges,
  • gives absolution,
  • suspending charges,
  • suspended charges,
  • grants amnesty,
  • giving absolution,
  • gave absolution.
  •plead (verb)
  • beg,
  • allege,
  • plead.
  •pleading (verb)
  • Begging.
  •rationalize (verb)
  • de liberating,
  • de liberated,
  • explains away,
  • de-liberates,
  • gives alibi,
  • explaining away,
  • de liberate,
  • intellectualizes,
  • thinks through,
  • giving alibi,
  • explained away,
  • de liberates,
  • applied logic,
  • de-liberate,
  • reasons out,
  • applying logic,
  • applies logic,
  • de-liberating,
  • reasoning out,
  • reasoned out,
  • de-liberated,
  • gave alibi,
  • thinking through.
  •release (verb)
  • setting large,
  • un fasten,
  • re-leases,
  • un binding,
  • un-chained,
  • un chains,
  • un-tied,
  • un-fettered,
  • un leashes,
  • re-lease,
  • un fetter,
  • re-leased,
  • letted off steam,
  • setting at large,
  • sur rendering,
  • un leash,
  • un-fetters,
  • un-bound,
  • lets steam,
  • un-loosing,
  • re-leasing,
  • sets loose,
  • sur-rendering,
  • un fastens,
  • un-loose,
  • un loosing,
  • un bind,
  • un-tying,
  • sur-renders,
  • un chain,
  • re leases,
  • un chained,
  • sets at large,
  • re leasing,
  • un-fettering,
  • setting loose,
  • sets large,
  • un loose,
  • letted steam,
  • un-fastening,
  • un-binding,
  • un bound,
  • letting steam,
  • un-loosed,
  • letting off steam,
  • un loosed,
  • un fetters,
  • un-fastens,
  • un fastening,
  • un-leashed,
  • un-chain,
  • un fettering,
  • un leashed,
  • un leashing,
  • un-fetter,
  • opens up,
  • un-chaining,
  • un-binds,
  • un-leash,
  • sur-render,
  • lets off steam,
  • sur-rendered,
  • un binds,
  • set large,
  • casting loose,
  • un-fastened,
  • sur rendered,
  • un-leashing,
  • un-bind,
  • let steam,
  • un tied,
  • un tying,
  • un-fasten,
  • un-leashes,
  • turns loose,
  • re lease,
  • casts loose,
  • un-looses,
  • re leased,
  • un chaining,
  • un fettered,
  • sur renders,
  • un looses,
  • un-chains,
  • turning loose,
  • un fastened.
  •relieve (verb)
  • forces resign,
  • force resign,
  • forcing to resign,
  • re lieve,
  • forcing resign,
  • forces to resign,
  • re-lieve,
  • forced to resign,
  • forced resign.
  •remit (verb)
  • easing up,
  • de lay,
  • pro roguing,
  • re-lax,
  • re-pealed,
  • pro-roguing,
  • intermits,
  • de-lay,
  • de laying,
  • de-laying,
  • pro-rogues,
  • re pealing,
  • re-peals,
  • pro rogued,
  • de-lays,
  • re peals,
  • eases up,
  • re pealed,
  • re lax,
  • pro rogues,
  • fell away,
  • pro rogue,
  • pro-rogued,
  • de lays,
  • pro-rogue,
  • re peal.
  •reprieve (verb)
  • let this time,
  • letted off this time,
  • grant stay,
  • letting off time,
  • granted a stay,
  • lets off time,
  • post pone,
  • lets time,
  • letting off this time,
  • let time,
  • letted this time,
  • letting time,
  • granted stay,
  • granting a stay,
  • grants a stay,
  • granting stay,
  • lets this time,
  • grants stay,
  • letting this time,
  • lets off this time,
  • let off time,
  • post-pones,
  • letted time,
  • post pones,
  • letted off time.
  •spare (verb)
  • getting the hook,
  • getting off the hook,
  • got off hook,
  • got out hock,
  • is lenient,
  • got out of hock,
  • are lenient,
  • give break,
  • gets off hook,
  • pulling out the fire,
  • being merciful,
  • pulling out of the fire,
  • pulled out of fire,
  • wert merciful,
  • giving quarter to,
  • gets the hook,
  • saving bacon,
  • gat out hock,
  • gotten out hock,
  • getting hook,
  • getting out hock,
  • gets hook,
  • saving from,
  • gives a break,
  • pulled out fire,
  • gat off hook,
  • saves neck,
  • pulls out of fire,
  • get the hook,
  • pulling out fire,
  • refrains from,
  • relieves from,
  • saving neck,
  • getting off hook,
  • gotten out of hock,
  • saved bacon,
  • got off the hook,
  • gotten off the hook,
  • pulls out of the fire,
  • saved neck,
  • gives break,
  • gave a break,
  • pull out the fire,
  • get off hook,
  • gets out of hock,
  • pulls out fire,
  • saves from,
  • wast lenient,
  • relieving from,
  • gat off the hook,
  • pull out fire,
  • art merciful,
  • art lenient,
  • giving a break,
  • pulled out the fire,
  • wast merciful,
  • was lenient,
  • wert lenient,
  • relieved from,
  • were lenient,
  • is merciful,
  • got hook,
  • pulls out the fire,
  • pulled out of the fire,
  • gives quarter to,
  • gave break,
  • being lenient,
  • was merciful,
  • pulling out of fire,
  • gotten off hook,
  • gets out hock,
  • were merciful,
  • am lenient,
  • gotten the hook,
  • get hook,
  • gave quarter to,
  • get out hock,
  • gotten hook,
  • saves bacon,
  • gat out of hock,
  • gat the hook,
  • refraining from,
  • gat hook,
  • got the hook,
  • giving break,
  • getting out of hock,
  • gets off the hook,
  • refrained from.
  •vindicate (verb)
  • avenge,
  • refute.
  •warrant (verb)
  • re quires,
  • stands behind,
  • under took,
  • de-legate,
  • in sure,
  • under write,
  • re quiring,
  • de clares,
  • under wrote,
  • pro-mises,
  • re quired,
  • re quire,
  • under-taken,
  • under-wrote,
  • under taken,
  • re-quired,
  • de legate,
  • under writing,
  • pro mises,
  • gives grounds for,
  • pro mise,
  • under-takes,
  • under written,
  • gave grounds for,
  • took oath,
  • under-write,
  • takes oath,
  • under-written,
  • under takes,
  • de-clare,
  • under taking,
  • de clare,
  • takes an oath,
  • re-quire,
  • giving grounds for,
  • standing behind,
  • taking an oath,
  • re-quiring,
  • under writes,
  • in-sure,
  • pro-mise,
  • under-writes,
  • de legates,
  • de-clares,
  • re-quires,
  • under-writing,
  • under-taking,
  • taking oath,
  • de-legates,
  • stood behind,
  • under take.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • mitigation,
  • open invitation,
  • mea culpa,
  • shrive,
  • credit to,
  • vested interest,
  • put down to,
  • condonation,
  • ulterior motive,
  • argue.
  •
  • legitimize,
  • cleanse,
  • forgiveness,
  • unbind,
  • motivation,
  • motive,
  • purify,
  • answer to,
  • basis,
  • occasion,
  • whitewash.
  •
  • regret,
  • solve,
  • end,
  • cause,
  • chalk something up.
  •
  • get out,
  • story.
  •
  • sense.
  •
  • out.
  •
  • stretch.
  •acquit
  • Disculpate,
  • letting go,
  • wipe off,
  • let go,
  • lets go.
  •cop out
  • welsh,
  • use pretext,
  • give the slip,
  • have alibi.
  •discharge
  • freeze out,
  • lock out,
  • let out,
  • boot out,
  • ride out on rail,
  • privilege from,
  • let one go,
  • run out of town,
  • give one notice,
  • booting out,
  • give notice,
  • show the door,
  • nixing,
  • letting out.
  •expiate
  • do penance,
  • expiates,
  • atone for,
  • pay one's dues,
  • atoned for,
  • doing penance,
  • pay dues,
  • squaring things,
  • Remedied,
  • paid one's dues,
  • square things.
  •extenuate
  • make allowances.
  •extenuation
  • extenuating circumstances.
  •forgive
  • let bygones be bygones,
  • Respited,
  • let it go,
  • allow for,
  • turn other cheek,
  • kiss and make up,
  • allowing for,
  • make allowance,
  • accept apology,
  • think no more of,
  • laugh off,
  • Respiting,
  • dismiss from mind,
  • bear no malice.
  •free
  • unburdened,
  • freeing,
  • unburden,
  • unburdening,
  • unshackling,
  • unburdens,
  • unshackled,
  • Unshackle.
  •relieve
  • Privileging,
  • yank,
  • force to resign.
  •vindicate
  • plead for,
  • free from blame,
  • pleading for.
  •weigh
  • allowance.

Paraphrases for Excuse:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    alibi, alibis.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Apologizing, cloak, motive.
  • Verb, past tense
    tried, Did.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    regrets, makes.
  • Verb, base form
    Justifying, absolve, condone, exonerate, exempt, substantiate.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    pretext, justification, guise, reason, explanation, pretence, pretense, subterfuge, cop-out, rationale, argument, smokescreen, plea, indulgence, substantiation, interpretation.

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.

Hypernym for Excuse:

• v.

  • communication
    alibi.

Hyponym for Excuse:

• n.

  • communication
    billet, short letter, line, note.

• v.

  • communication
    justify, forgive, vindicate.