excusing

(verb) accept an excuse for. Synonyms: excuse, pardon. Example: "Please excuse my dirty hands."

(verb) grant exemption or release to. Synonyms: excuse, relieve, let off, exempt. Example: "Please excuse me from this class."

(verb) serve as a reason or cause or justification of. Synonyms: excuse, explain. Examples: "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work." "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again."

(verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning. Synonyms: apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise. Examples: "Rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior." "He rationalized his lack of success."

(verb) ask for permission to be released from an engagement. Synonyms: excuse, beg off.

(verb) excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with. Synonyms: excuse, condone. Examples: "Excuse someone's behavior." "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities."