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Excused
- verb - accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands"
- ask for permission to be released from an engagement
- defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
- excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities"
- grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"
- granted exemption; "one of the excused jurors planned to write a book"
- serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again"
Excuser
- noun - a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense
Excuses
- noun - a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"
- a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him"
- a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile"
- accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands"
- ask for permission to be released from an engagement
- defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
- excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities"
- grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"
- serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep
Execute
- verb - carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine; "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction"
- carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"
- carry out the legalities of; "execute a will or a deed"
- kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment; "In some states, criminals are executed"
- murder in a planned fashion; "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed"
- put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
- sign in the presence of witnesses; "The President executed the treaty"
Exedrae
- unknown - A room, portico, or arcade with a bench or seats where people may converse, esp. in ancient Roman and Greek houses and gymnasia, typically semicircular in plan.
Exegete
- noun - a person skilled in exegesis (especially of religious texts)
Exempla
- unknown - Anecdotes used to support moral points,used in medieval sermons
Exempts
- verb - grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"
- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"
Exergue
- - The small space beneath the base line of a subject engraved on a coin or medal. It usually contains the date, place, engraver's name, etc., or other subsidiary matter.