![]() ![]() I excused myself from Mr Cardinal and moved towards the doors.He has excused himself from a dinner meeting to return her call.He glanced over at me and then he excused himself from his conversation.Please excuse Sherry from gym class today.People came and went and were excused, sometimes for obvious reasons, sometimes not.The defense excused him for just cause.You'll have to excuse me for being late - my car broke down.He himself had drunk one quick light beer before excusing himself for an early night.Then he excused himself for a meeting.No excuses were offered for a lacklustre performance on Saturday. ![]() I'm sorry, but that explanation doesn't excuse what he did.Excuse my brother if he talks too much, he's rather excitable.I didn't realize this was a formal party, so I hope you can excuse my appearance.He doesn't excuse mistakes, he simply won't allow them.My accident and stunned expression seemed to excuse me, however.I'll try to get them to excuse me from the meeting.He does nothing to hide or excuse Jacob's cruelty.Constance detected a change in the atmosphere as Giancarlo excused himself and walked down the steps to greet his last guest.She excuses herself a moment to prepare a tray of little snacks they urge her not to trouble herself to prepare.Can I be excused from swimming today? I've got a cold.Kinney asked to be excused from his duties on the board.But it is worse it's also a history of mechanical idealism excusing criminal stupidity.Penalties are negotiable, so always try to get penalty charges excused.6 → excuse yourself 7 → excuse me (for living)! → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus excuse 5 from a place LET/ALLOW to give someone permission to leave a place May I please be excused from the table? Grammar Excuse is usually passive in this meaning. 4 explain REASON to be or give a good reason for someone’s careless or offensive behaviour Nothing can excuse that kind of rudeness. Grammar Excuse is usually passive in this meaning. 3 from a duty LET/ALLOW to allow someone not to do something that they are supposed to do be excused from (doing) something Can I be excused from swimming today? I have a cold. Sorry for being so late, or Sorry I’m so late. or sorry I … rather than asking someone to excuse something: Sorry about my handwriting. Register In informal situations, people often say sorry about …, sorry for doing. Smith can be excused for his lack of interest in the course (=his lack of interest is reasonable ). excuse somebody for (doing) something Please excuse me for being so late today. S1 verb 1 → excuse me 2 forgive FORGIVE to forgive someone for doing something that is not seriously wrong, such as being rude or careless I’ll excuse you this time, but don’t be late again.Inexcusably From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English excuse ex‧cuse 1 / ɪkˈskjuːz / ![]()
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