Unscramble excused

Definition of excused

adjective:

• granted exemption; "one of the excused jurors planned to write a book".

verb:

• accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands". Synonyms: excuse, pardon.
• grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class". Synonyms: excuse, exempt, let off, relieve.
• serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work", "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again". Synonyms: excuse, explain.
• defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior", "he rationalized his lack of success". Synonyms: apologise, apologize, excuse, justify, rationalise, rationalize.
• ask for permission to be released from an engagement. Synonyms: beg off, excuse.
• excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior", "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities". Synonyms: condone, excuse.

Related words

alibi, color, colour, extenuate, frank, gloss, mitigate, palliate, plead.

Words nearby

excuse, excuser.

Rhymes with

abused, accused, amused, bemused, confused, diffused, disabused, fused, misused, unused, used.