Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Excuse; apology.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Excuse; apology.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete The act of offering an
excuse orapology , or the fact of being excused; anexcuse , adefence .
Etymologies
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Examples
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So yes, for the year of 2009 and after it you will have a point: now we really reached all things, all securities and necesseties that we need -- now, yes, there seems to be no further justifaction, excusation for not working under a canonical structure...
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Before they went to bed he had a little guarded talk with his Duchess, half excusation of his absence which might have aggravated her alarms, half condemnation of Amilcare; the whole, consequently, a veiled eulogy of himself.
Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso Maurice Henry Hewlett
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It fortuned on a day, that Byrrhena desired me earnestly to suppe with her; and shee would in no wise take any excusation.
The Golden Asse Lucius Apuleius
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There was a hurried sentence of excusation from Poor Jr., followed by moments of silence before she replied.
The Beautiful Lady Booth Tarkington 1907
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The third cause was to the end that the Jews should have none excusation.
The Golden Legend, vol. 1 1230-1298 1900
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Wherefore the emperor established against the excusation of him that the council should be solemnised at Milan which was nigh to him.
The Golden Legend, vol. 4 1230-1298 1900
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I began then to dissect all that he had produced for his excusation, and showed him -- as I thought clearly, and as he admitted convincingly -- that it would be impossible to carry on this secret commerce with the Sovereign for any length of time without exposing the Queen's character and creating mighty embarrassments in the quiet and regular working of a Constitutional machine.
The Letters of Queen Victoria, Volume 1 (of 3), 1837-1843) A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence Between the Years 1837 and 1861 Queen of Great Britain Victoria 1860
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It fortuned on a day, that Byrrhena desired me earnestly to suppe with her; and shee would in no wise take any excusation.
The Golden Asse 1566
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Anyone located in DC who wants to perform a protest act that will help the Dem agenda, target the ridiculous excusation of torture from the Cheney, and get themselves on TV….here’s a great idea:
Prolagus commented on the word excusation
Excusatio non petita, accusatio manifesta.
April 4, 2008