1 ~ (for sth / for doing sth) a reason, either true or invented, that you give to explain or defend your behaviour:
Late again! What's your excuse this time? * There's no excuse for such behaviour. * His excuse for forgetting her birthday was that he had lost his diary. * You don't have to make excuses for her (= try to think of reasons for her behaviour). * It's late. I'm afraid I'll have to make my excuses (= say I'm sorry, give my reasons and leave). -< REASON
2 ~ (for sth / for doing sth)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for excuse is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is excuse a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, excuse is tagged as noun.
Does excuse appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — excuse appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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