From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
From [en].
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. One who offers excuse s or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another.
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1730 | author=w:Jonathan Swift | title= Basa Sunda: The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 9/A Vindication of Lord Carteret
|passage=In vain would his EXCUSERS endeavour to palliate his enormities, by
imputing them to madness; because it is well known, that madness only operates
by inflaming and enlarging the good or evil dispositions of the mind.}}
1. One who excuse s or forgive s another.
2. * [passage=yet love is a sufficient excuse and EXCUSER of greater errors than are mine]
*** References
[R:Webster 1913]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** French
*** Etymology
[fr], from [fr], borrowed from [fr].
*** Pronunciation
- [fr-IPA]
- [fr]
- [colloquial] [èscuser]
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Verb
[fr-verb]
1. [fr] to excuse [to forgive, to pardon]
**** Conjugation
[fr-conj-auto]
**** Derived terms
- [fr]
**** See also
- [fr]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
** Latin
*** Verb
[la]
1. [la]
** Middle French
*** Etymology
From [frm], borrowed from [frm].
*** Verb
[frm]
1. to excuse ; to pardon
**** Conjugation
[excus]