excuse, n.
(excuses)
freq. cnt. 10
(excuses)
freq. cnt. 10
a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 10
alibi exculpation excuse self-justification
sample sentences
"he kept finding excuses to stay""every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"
"his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
a poor example
<noun.cognition>
apology excuse
sample sentences
"it was an apology for a meal""a poor excuse for an automobile"
semantic pointers
hypernym
a note explaining an absence
<noun.communication>
excuse
sample sentences
"he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him"
semantic pointers
hypernym