From en.wiktionary.org:
[excusé]
** English
[Excuse (legal)]
*** Etymology
From [en] and [enm], borrowed from [en] and [fro], from [en], from [la] +
[la]; see cause, accuse and recuse. Displaced native [ang] and [ang].
*** Pronunciation
Verb
- [ĭkskyo͞oz'] , [en]
- [ĭkskyo͞oz'] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
Noun
- [ĭkskyo͞os'] , [en]
- [ĭkskyo͞os'] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To forgive ; to pardon ; to overlook .
2. * [IV]
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=c. 1685 | author= [John Sharp (bishop)] | title=A Discourse of Conscience
|passage=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}}
1. [en] To allow to leave, or release from any obligation .
2. [en] To provide an excuse for; to justify.
3. * [Hauke]
4. To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
5. * [2 Corinthians]
6. * [en]
**** Synonyms
- [to release from guilt, shame, or punishment] [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] , [en]
plead
- [justify] [en] , [en] ,
**** Antonyms
- [to release from guilt, shame, or punishment] [en] , [en]
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Translations
[forgive, pardon]
- American Sign Language: [ase]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be] , [be] , [be] , [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg] , [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Ido: [io]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Norwegian: [no] , [no]
- Occitan: [oc]
- Old English: [ang] , [ang]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] [forgive] [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl] , [tl]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Thai: [th] , [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk] , [uk] , [uk] , [uk] , [uk] , [uk]
- Yiddish: [yi]
[trans-bottom]
[allow to leave]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Latin: [la]
- Maori: [mi]
- Old English: [ang]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[explain with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement]
- American Sign Language: [ase]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Latin: [la]
- Old English: [ang]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Punjabi:
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Thai: [th]
- Urdu: [ur]
[trans-bottom]
*** Noun
[~]
1. [en] An explanation design ed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment ; a plea offer ed in extenuation of a fault .
2. * [Luke]
3. * [en]
4. [en] A defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accuse d party admit s to doing act s for which legal consequence s would normally be appropriate , but assert s that special circumstance s relieve that party of culpability for having done those acts.
5. [en] An example of something that is substandard or of inferior quality .
6. * [en]
7. * [en]
**** Usage notes
- We often say _to MAKE an excuse._
**** Synonyms
- [explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment] pretext release, clear, justify, forgive, tolerate, overlook, exempt, pardon, discharge, pretext, bear with, acquit, exonerate, absolve, pretense, vindicate.
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Translations
[explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement]
- American Sign Language: [ase]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be] , [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Cherokee: [chr]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] ( _apology_ ), [cs] ( _dishonest_ ), [cs] ( _dishonest_ )
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] [chiefly in the plural]
- Gothic: [got]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he] , [he] , [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Kalmyk: [xal]
- Khmer: [km]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Malayalam: [ml] , [ml]
- Manchu: [mnc] , [mnc]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Marathi: [mr] , [mr]
- Mari:
- Mirandese: [mwl]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Ngazidja Comorian: [zdj]
- Norwegian:
- Occitan: [oc]
- Old English: [ang] , [ang]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] [plea] ; [ota] [pretext]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa] , [fa]
- Polish: [pl] [dishonest] , [pl] [dishonest] , [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [apology] [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Thai: [th]
- Tocharian B: [txb]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Urdu: [ur]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Welsh: [cy]
- Yiddish: [yi]
[trans-bottom]
*** See also
- rationalization
*** Further reading
- [R:Webster 1913]
- [R:Century 1911]
[en]
** French
*** Etymology
[fr].
*** Pronunciation
- [fr-IPA]
- [fr]
- [colloquial] [èsscuse]
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Noun
[f]
1. [en]
*** Verb
[fr]
1. [fr]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
** Latin
*** Participle
[la]
1. [la]
** Spanish
*** Verb
[es]
1. [excusar]