Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word A reason given to explain why someone did something or to avoid blame.
Excuse
/ɪkˈskjuːz/Synonyms:
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Examples:
I long to make apologies, excuses, to urge something for myself.
Shocked and confused, she excused herself and went to her room.
'Excuse me, old man,' he said.
Etymology:
Excuse comes from the Latin excusare, formed from ex-, meaning out of, and causa, meaning reason or cause. It evolved into Old French as escuser before becoming the Middle English excusen.
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