Excuse

//ɪksˈkjuz//

Synonyms for "excuse" (248 found)

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Closest matches (50)

Strong matches (74)

Verb(3 words)
exemptexplainforgive

Related words (124)

liberatelie out oflikely storylocus standiloopholemake apology formakeshiftmaskmea culpamitigatemitigationnonprosoccasionoffcomeoffer excuse forostensible motiveoutoverlookpalliatepalliation
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24 entries

Showing 16 of 24 words.

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

1 entries

causes desire

1 entries

derived

16 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

3 entries

manner of

4 entries

related to

29 entries

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Translations

236 translations across 68 languages.

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Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • μύνη noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • πρόφασις noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • σκῆψις noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Arabic

3 entries
  • عُذْر noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • اِعْتَذَرَ verb (allow to leave)
  • عَذَرَ verb (forgive, pardon)

Armenian

1 entries
  • պատրվակ noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • bəhanə noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • адгаво́р noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • адгаво́рка noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • адмо́ўка noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • апраўда́нне noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • извине́ние noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • оправда́ние noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • предло́г noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • извиня́ verb (forgive, pardon)

Catalan

2 entries
  • excusa noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • excusar verb (forgive, pardon)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᏗᏢᏈᏍᏙᏗ noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 藉口 /借口 noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • 辯解 /辩解 noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • 原諒 /原谅 verb (forgive, pardon)
  • 請求離開 /请求离开 verb (allow to leave)

Czech

4 entries
  • omluva noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • výmluva noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • záminka noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • omlouvat verb (forgive, pardon)

Danish

3 entries
  • undskyldning noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • tilgive verb (forgive, pardon)
  • undskylde verb (forgive, pardon)

Dutch

4 entries
  • excuus n smoes noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • uitvlucht noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • excuseren verb (forgive, pardon)
  • excuseren verb (allow to leave)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • амал noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • ekskuzo noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • senkulpigo noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Estonian

1 entries
  • vabandus noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Finnish

4 entries
  • selitys noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • tekosyy noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • veruke noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • antaa anteeksi verb (forgive, pardon)

French

4 entries
  • excuse noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • prétexte noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • excuser verb (forgive, pardon)
  • excuser verb (allow to leave)

Galician

1 entries
  • perdoar verb (forgive, pardon)

German

4 entries
  • Ausflucht noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • Ausrede noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • entschuldigen verb (forgive, pardon)
  • entschuldigen verb (explain with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌻𐍉 noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Greek

2 entries
  • δικαιολογία noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • συγχωρώ verb (forgive, pardon)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • אמתלה noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • תֵּרוּץ noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • תירוץ noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • מחל verb (forgive, pardon)

Hindi

1 entries
  • बहाना noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • kifogás noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • mentség noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • elenged verb (allow to leave)
  • felment verb (allow to leave)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • afsökun noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Ido

2 entries
  • exkuzo noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • exkuzar verb (forgive, pardon)

Irish

1 entries
  • leithscéal noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Italian

4 entries
  • pretesto noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • scusa noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • giustificarsi verb (explain with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement)
  • perdonare verb (forgive, pardon)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 口実 noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • 弁明 noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • 弁解 noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • 言い訳 noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • шалтг noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Khmer

1 entries
  • លេស noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Korean

4 entries
  • 변명 noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • 핑계 noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • 변명하다 verb (explain with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement)
  • 용서하다 verb (forgive, pardon)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • шылтоо noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Latin

4 entries
  • praetextum noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • excuso verb (allow to leave)
  • excūsō verb (forgive, pardon)
  • utior verb (explain with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • изговор noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • оправдување noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • извини verb (forgive, pardon)
  • извинува verb (forgive, pardon)

Malay

1 entries
  • alasan noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • ഒഴിവുകഴിവ് noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • ക്ഷമാപണം noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • ക്ഷമിയ്ക്കുക verb (forgive, pardon)

Manchu

2 entries
  • ᡴᠠᠨᠠᡤᠠᠨ noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • ᡶᡳᡴᡨᡠ noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Marathi

2 entries
  • कारण noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • सबब noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Mirandese

1 entries
  • çculpa noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Māori

3 entries
  • takunga noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • takutakunga noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • whakawātea verb (allow to leave)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • udhuri noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • tilgi verb (forgive, pardon)
  • unnskylde verb (forgive, pardon)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • unnskyldning noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Occitan

2 entries
  • excusa noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • excusar verb (forgive, pardon)

Old English

4 entries
  • lād noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • lādung noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • forġiefan verb (forgive, pardon)
  • lādian verb (forgive, pardon)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • اعتذار noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • قولپ noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Persian

3 entries
  • بهانه noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • توجیه noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • عذر noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Polish

4 entries
  • pretekst noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • usprawiedliwienie noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • wykręt noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • wymówka noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • desculpa noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • desculpar verb (forgive, pardon)
  • desculpar-se verb (explain with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement)
  • dispensar verb (allow to leave)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • بَہانَہ verb (explain with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement)
  • پَجّ verb (explain with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement)

Romanian

1 entries
  • scuza verb (forgive, pardon)

Russian

4 entries
  • извине́ние noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • оправда́ние noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • отгово́рка noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • предло́г noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • leisgeul noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • math verb (forgive, pardon)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • opravdanje noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • оправдање noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Slovak

3 entries
  • výhovorka noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • ospravedlniť verb (forgive, pardon)
  • ospravedlňovať verb (forgive, pardon)

Spanish

4 entries
  • excusa noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • disculpar verb (explain with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement)
  • excusar verb (forgive, pardon)
  • excusar verb (explain with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement)

Swedish

4 entries
  • ursäkt noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • urskuldra verb (explain with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement)
  • ursäkta verb (forgive, pardon)
  • ursäkta verb (explain with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • dahilan noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • hayaan verb (allow to leave)
  • magpatawad verb (forgive, pardon)
  • patawarin verb (forgive, pardon)

Tamil

3 entries
  • சாக்கு noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • பஜனை noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • மன்னி verb (forgive, pardon)

Thai

4 entries
  • ข้อแก้ตัว noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • ยกโทษให้ verb (forgive, pardon)
  • แก้ตัว verb (explain with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement)
  • ให้อภัย verb (forgive, pardon)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • ṣewi noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Turkish

4 entries
  • bahane noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • mazeret noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • mazur görmek verb (forgive, pardon)
  • muaf tutmak verb (allow to leave)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ви́мовка noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • відмо́вка noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • ви́бачити verb (forgive, pardon)
  • вибача́ти verb (forgive, pardon)

Urdu

1 entries
  • بَہانَہ noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • cớ noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • cho nghỉ verb (allow to leave)

Welsh

1 entries
  • esgus noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • תּירוץ noun (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)
  • אַנטשולדיקן verb (forgive, pardon)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Excuse me; allow me to point out three errors in the above article.

Source: tatoeba (1587)

You'll have to manufacture some kind of excuse.

Source: tatoeba (16439)

How did you come up with such a good excuse?

Source: tatoeba (16499)

You always excuse your faults by blaming others.

Source: tatoeba (16769)

Showing 4 of 27 available sentences.

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