0 to forgive someone:
No amount of financial recompense can excuse the way in which the company carried out its policy.
We cannot excuse him for these crimes.
I asked the teacher if I could be excused from (= allowed not to do) hockey practice as my knee still hurt.
Please excuse me from (= allow me to miss) the rest of the meeting - I've just received a phone call that requires my immediate attention.
Excuse me, can I just get past?
Excuse me but aren't you forgetting something?
1 a reason that you give to explain why you did something wrong:
2 to forgive someone:
3 the explanation given for bad behavior, absence, etc.:
4 a letter from a doctor saying that someone is too ill to go to work
Please excuse my stomach rumbling - I haven't eaten all day.
I know you are tired, but I really can't excuse you for being so rude and selfish about this.
She is almost too kind - always excusing their bad behaviour instead of dealing with it firmly.
Her boss cannot excuse even the smallest error, although he himself is far from perfect.
When I asked him why he was late, he gave me some excuse about having car trouble.
I don't want to go tonight but I can't think up a good excuse.
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