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excusesnounpl. of excuse an explanation that frees one from fault or blame"a really important business call" is no excuse for not paying proper attention to one's driving alibis, apologies, defenses, justifications, pleas, reasons colors, guises, pretenses(or pretences), pretexts, rationales, rationalizations, vindications, whitewashescop-outs, outsacknowledgments(or acknowledgements), atonements, confessionsextenuations, palliations to dismiss as of little importancemore often than not, voters are willing to excuse a candidate's youthful indiscretion blinks (at), brushes (aside or off), condones, discounts, disregards, forgives, glosses (over), glozes (over), ignores, overlooks, overpasses, papers over, pardons, passes over, remits, shrugs off, whitewashes, winks (at) explains, justifies, rationalizesabsolves, acquits, clears, exculpates, exonerates, vindicateswaives, waves (aside or off) closes one's eyes to, forgives and forgets heeds, marks, minds, notes, objects (to) to be an acceptable reason forhaving a female passenger in labor will generally excuse a little disregard for the speed limit justifies accounts (for), alibis, explains, explains away, rationalizesbrushes (aside or off), condones, disregards, forgives, glosses (over), glozes (over), ignores, pardons, passes over, remits, shrugs off, winks (at) to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuseshe's always excusing his chronic lying by claiming that everybody lies deodorizes, explains away, extenuates, glosses (over), glozes (over), palliates, whitewashes sugarcoats, varnishesapologizes, atones, confessesaccounts (for), explains, justifies, rationalizesminimizes, plays down, soft-pedalsalleviates, eases, lessens, lightens, mitigates, moderates, softens, tempersabsolves, acquits, clears, exculpates, exonerates, vindicates |