excusing
Meaning of excusing
verb
- To forgive; to pardon.
I excused him his transgressions.
- To allow to leave, or release from any obligation.
I excused myself from the proceedings to think over what I'd heard.
- To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement.
You know he shouldn't have done it, so don't try to excuse his behavior!
- To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
noun
The act of making an excuse.
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Hyphenation of excusing
ex-cus-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- excusing is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
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