excusing

Meaning of excusing

verb
  1. To forgive; to pardon.
    I excused him his transgressions.
  2. To allow to leave, or release from any obligation.
    I excused myself from the proceedings to think over what I'd heard.
  3. 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!
  4. 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

excusing synonyms

Meaning :

forgive, pardon

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