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The answer EXCUSE has 164 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of excuse in various dictionaries:
noun - a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
noun - a note explaining an absence
noun - a poor example
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| release (someone) from a duty or requirement. |
| a reason or explanation given to justify a fault or offence. |
| seek to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offence) try to justify. |
| A poor or inadequate example of. |
| A reason or explanation given to justify a fault or offence. |
| Release (someone) from a duty or requirement. |
| Seek to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offence) try to justify. |
| To apologize for (oneself) for an act that could cause offense: She excused herself for being late. |
| To explain (a fault or an offense) in the hope of being forgiven or understood: He arrived late and excused his tardiness in a flimsy manner. |
| The act of excusing. |
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In jurisprudence, an excuse is a defense to criminal charges that is distinct from an exculpation. Justification and excuse are different defenses in a criminal case (See Justification and excuse). Exculpation is a related concept which reduces or extinguishes a person's culpability and therefore a person's liability to pay compensation to the victim of a tort in the civil law. * The "excuse" provides a mitigating factor for a group of persons sharing a common characteristic. Justification, as in justifiable homicide, vindicates or shows the justice. Thus, society approves of the purpose or motives underpinning some actions or the consequences flowing from them (see Robinson), and distinguishes those where the behavior cannot be approved but some excuse may be found in the characteristics of the defendant, e.g. that the accused was a serving police officer or suffering from a mental illness. Thus, a justification describes the quality of the act, whereas an excuse relates to the status o |