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  • 71excuse me — 1. I am sorry to interrupt you. Oh, excuse me, I didn t know you were busy. 2. that was not what I intended to say or do. As a kid growing up, my family grew strawberries, excuse me, grew tomatoes. 3. I did not hear you. Which office do you work… …

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  • 72excuse — 1. verb 1) eventually she excused him Syn: forgive, pardon, absolve, exonerate, acquit; informal let someone off (the hook); formal exculpate Ant: punish, blame 2) such conduct can never be excused Syn …

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  • 73excuse — 1. verb 1) please excuse me Syn: forgive, pardon 2) such conduct cannot be excused Syn: justify, defend, condone, forgive, overlook, disregard, ignore, tolerate, explain …

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  • 74Excuse Me While I Wag — {| class= infobox style= width: 20em; font size: 11px; Infobox Simpsons season {season} episode list header style= font size: 12px; align= center colspan= 2 | Excuse Me While I Wag colspan= 2 style= text align: center; style= vertical align: top; …

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  • 75excuse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. pardon, remit, overlook, condone, forgive, extenuate, justify; exonerate, absolve, acquit, exempt, free, apologize. See vindication, exemption, forgiveness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An explanation]… …

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  • 76excuse oneself from — seek to be released from an obligation or situation (excuse oneself from the table, excuse oneself from military duty, etc.) …

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  • 77excuse — see a bad excuse is better than none ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it he who excuses, accuses himself …

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  • 78excuse — v. & n. v.tr. 1 attempt to lessen the blame attaching to (a person, act, or fault). 2 (of a fact or circumstance) serve in mitigation of (a person or act). 3 obtain exemption for (a person or oneself). 4 (foll. by from) release (a person) from a… …

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  • 79excuse — See apology, excuse, pardon …

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  • 80Excuse —    Droit pénal: circonstance ou qualité strictement déterminée par la loi qui oblige le juge à atténuer ou à ne pas prononcer la peine selon qu il s agit d une excuse atténuante ou absolutoire    Droit civil: raison alléguée conduisant, si elle… …

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