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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: excuses (0.01540 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to excuses.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: excuse
alasan, dalih, elah, elahan, minta maaf, permintaan maaf
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: excuse
excuse
n 1: 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”
[syn:
alibi,
exculpation,
self-justification]
2: a note explaining an absence;
“he had to get his mother to
write an excuse for him”
3: a poor example;
“it was an apology for a meal”;
“a poor
excuse for an automobile” [syn:
apology]
excuse
v 1: accept an excuse for;
“Please excuse my dirty hands” [syn:
pardon]
2: grant exemption or release to;
“Please excuse me from this
class” [syn:
relieve,
let off,
exempt]
3: 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 amy explain her reluctance to date
again” [syn:
explain]
4: defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by
reasoning;
“rationalize the child's seemingly crazy
behavior”;
“he rationalized his lack of success” [syn:
apologize,
apologise,
justify,
rationalize,
rationalise]
5: ask for permission to be released from an engagement [syn:
beg off
]
6: excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with;
“excuse someone's behavior”;
“She condoned her husband's
occasional infidelities” [syn:
condone]
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