excuse

1. Excuse me Used to acknowledge and ask forgiveness for an action that could cause offense.

2. Excuse me Used to request that a statement be repeated.

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1. A note explaining an absence.

2. A reason or grounds for excusing: Ignorance is no excuse for breaking the law.

3. An explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness.

4. Informal An inferior example: a poor excuse for a poet; a sorry excuse for a car.

5. The act of excusing.

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1. To make apology for.

2. To try to remove blame from.

3. To forgive entirely or disregard as of trivial import regard as excusable .

4. To grant exemption or release to .

5. To allow to leave .

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1. To apologize for (oneself) for an act that could cause offense: She excused herself for being late.

2. 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.

3. To free, as from an obligation or duty; exempt: In my state, physicians and lawyers are excused from jury duty.

4. To give permission to leave; release: The child ate quickly and asked to be excused.

5. To grant pardon to; forgive: We quickly excused the latecomer.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
excuse	15	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
xu	9
us	2
es	2
ex	9

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
cue	5
use	3
sue	3
sex	10
see	3
sec	5
ecu	5
cee	5

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
exes	11
exec	13
ecus	6
cues	6
cees	6

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
execs	14

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
excuse	15