excuse
Definitions
Noun
- A defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
- A note explaining an absence
- A poor example
Verb
- Accept an excuse for
- Grant exemption or release to
- Serve as a reason or cause or justification of
- Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
- Ask for permission to be released from an engagement
- Excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
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Words that contain the term "excuse".
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "excuse".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | because | 2 | 883 |
| 2 | exclusive | 3 | 28 |
| 3 | execute | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | exclude | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | excise | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | excused | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | excuses | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | recluse | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | excusable | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | excised | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | excel | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | recuse | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | recused | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | excises | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | exclusives | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | reuse | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | nexus | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | meuse | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | lexus | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | exude | 2 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 9
Fragments: 3
Sound Alikes: 1
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 2
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
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