See excuse on Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “to release from guilt, shame, or punishment”",
"word": "blame"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “to release from guilt, shame, or punishment”",
"word": "punish"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "blind excuse"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "'scuse"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "excuse me"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "excuse my français"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "excuse my French"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "excuse you"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "please excuse my dear Aunt Sally"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "XQs"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "excusen",
"pos": "verb"
},
"expansion": "Middle English excusen (verb)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "escuser",
"pos": "verb"
},
"expansion": "Old French escuser (verb)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "excuso",
"4": "excūsō, excūsāre",
"5": "to excuse, allege in excuse, literally, free from a charge"
},
"expansion": "Latin excūsō, excūsāre (“to excuse, allege in excuse, literally, free from a charge”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "lād",
"3": "",
"4": "an excuse"
},
"expansion": "Old English lād (“an excuse”)",
"name": "ncog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English excusen (verb) and excuse (noun), borrowed from Old French escuser (verb) and excuse (noun), from Latin excūsō, excūsāre (“to excuse, allege in excuse, literally, free from a charge”), from ex (“out”) + causa (“a charge”); see cause, accuse and recuse. Displaced native Old English lād (“an excuse”) and lādian (“to excuse”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "excuses",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "excusing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "excused",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "excused",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "excuse (third-person singular simple present excuses, present participle excusing, simple past and past participle excused)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I excused him his transgressions.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii], page 25, column 1:",
"text": "Yet his Nature / In that’s no Changeling, and I muſt excuſe / What cannot be amended.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "c. 1685, John Sharp, A Discourse of Conscience:",
"text": "If they say that he did sin in doing this, then they must at the same time acknowledge that a man's persuasion that a thing is a duty will not excuse him from guilt in practising it",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To forgive; to pardon; to overlook."
],
"id": "en-excuse-en-verb-RFp0HUHL",
"links": [
[
"forgive",
"forgive"
],
[
"pardon",
"pardon"
],
[
"overlook",
"overlook"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To forgive; to pardon; to overlook."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "ase",
"lang": "American Sign Language",
"note": "BentB@BaseHand-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterSternumhigh-UlnarAcross BentB@TipHand-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterSternumhigh-UlnarAcross",
"sense": "forgive, pardon"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕaḏara",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "عَذَرَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "vybačácʹ",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выбача́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "výbačycʹ",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́бачыць"
},
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"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "prabačácʹ",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прабача́ць"
},
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "prabáčycʹ",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "праба́чыць"
},
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"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "daravácʹ",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "дарава́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "padaravácʹ",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "падарава́ць"
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"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izvinjávam",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "извиня́вам"
},
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"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izvinjá",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "извиня́"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "proštávam",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "проща́вам"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prostjá",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "простя́"
},
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"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "excusar"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "原諒"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yuánliàng",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "原谅"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "omlouvat"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "omluvit"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "vergeven"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "excuseren"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "antaa anteeksi"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "excuser"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "pardonner"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "perdoar"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "entschuldigen"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "verzeihen"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "synchoró",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "συγχωρώ"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "megbocsát"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "exkuzar"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "scusare"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "perdonare"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"alt": "ゆるす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yurusu",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "許す"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yongseohada",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "용서하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "īgnōscō"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "excūsō"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izvinuva",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "извинува"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izvini",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "извини"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "kṣamiykkuka",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "ക്ഷമിയ്ക്കുക"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "tilgi"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "unnskylde"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "excusar"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "forġiefan"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "lādian"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wybaczać"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wybaczyć"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "przebaczać"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "przebaczyć"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "desculpar"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "perdoar"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "scuza"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izvinjátʹ",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "извиня́ть"
},
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"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "ru",
"english": "forgive",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izvinítʹ",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "извини́ть pf проща́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prostítʹ",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прости́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "math"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ospravedlňovať"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ospravedlniť"
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{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "excusar"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "perdonar"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "ursäkta"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "patawarin"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "magpatawad"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "maṉṉi",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "மன்னி"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "mazur görmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vybačáty",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вибача́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "výbačyty",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ви́бачити"
},
{
"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "probačáty",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пробача́ти"
},
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"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "probáčyty",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "проба́чити"
},
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"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "proščáty",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "проща́ти"
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"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prostýty",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прости́ти"
},
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"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "daruváty",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "дарува́ти"
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"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "podaruváty",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подарува́ти"
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"_dis1": "80 2 2 15",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "antshuldikn",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "אַנטשולדיקן"
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"feminine"
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{
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"feminine"
],
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{
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"feminine"
],
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{
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"common-gender"
],
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"feminine",
"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
],
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{
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"word": "vabandus"
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{
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"word": "tekosyy"
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{
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "veruke"
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{
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"code": "fi",
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{
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "fr",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
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"feminine"
],
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"in-plural"
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"feminine"
],
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{
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
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{
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"code": "grc",
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{
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"feminine"
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"masculine"
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "it",
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"masculine"
],
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],
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{
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"masculine"
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{
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{
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{
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],
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{
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],
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{
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{
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{
"_dis1": "92 6 2",
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],
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{
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],
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{
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"masculine"
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "92 6 2",
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"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
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"feminine"
],
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{
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"feminine"
],
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"masculine"
],
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{
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"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
],
"word": "תּירוץ"
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]
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"word": "excuse me"
},
{
"word": "excuse my français"
},
{
"word": "excuse my French"
},
{
"word": "excuse you"
},
{
"word": "please excuse my dear Aunt Sally"
},
{
"word": "XQs"
}
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"2": "enm",
"3": "excusen",
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "fro",
"3": "escuser",
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},
{
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"2": "la",
"3": "excuso",
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},
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"name": "der"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "lād",
"3": "",
"4": "an excuse"
},
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"name": "ncog"
}
],
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"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "excusing",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "excused",
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"participle",
"past"
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},
{
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"past"
]
}
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}
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"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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{
"text": "I excused him his transgressions.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii], page 25, column 1:",
"text": "Yet his Nature / In that’s no Changeling, and I muſt excuſe / What cannot be amended.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "c. 1685, John Sharp, A Discourse of Conscience:",
"text": "If they say that he did sin in doing this, then they must at the same time acknowledge that a man's persuasion that a thing is a duty will not excuse him from guilt in practising it",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To forgive; to pardon; to overlook."
],
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[
"forgive",
"forgive"
],
[
"pardon",
"pardon"
],
[
"overlook",
"overlook"
]
],
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"(transitive) To forgive; to pardon; to overlook."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "May I be excused from the table?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I excused myself from the proceedings to think over what I'd heard.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To allow to leave, or release from any obligation."
],
"links": [
[
"obligation",
"obligation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To allow to leave, or release from any obligation."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "You know he shouldn't have done it, so don't try to excuse his behavior!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 6–7:",
"text": "They cannot be excusyd\nBy reason nor by law; […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To provide an excuse for; to justify."
],
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"(transitive) To provide an excuse for; to justify."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians xij:[19], folio ccxlvj, verso:",
"text": "Agayne / thynke ye that we excuſe oure ſelves? we ſpeake in Chriſt in the ſight of God. But we do all thyngꝭ dearly beloved for youre edifyinge.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1705, Thomas à Kempis (unknown translator), The Christian’s Pattern: or, A Treatise of the Imitation of Jesus Christ, London: T. C. Hansard, […], published 1831, page 54:",
"text": "It were more meet that thou didst accuse thy self, and excusedst thy Brother.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for."
]
}
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"enpr": "ĭkskyo͞oz'",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪkˈskjuːz/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɛksˈkjuːz/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"enpr": "ĭkskyo͞oz'",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪksˈkjuz/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɛksˈkjuz/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
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{
"rhymes": "-uːz"
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{
"sense": "to release from guilt, shame, or punishment",
"word": "forgive"
},
{
"sense": "to release from guilt, shame, or punishment",
"word": "let off the hook"
},
{
"sense": "to release from guilt, shame, or punishment",
"word": "let pass"
},
{
"sense": "to release from guilt, shame, or punishment",
"word": "pardon"
},
{
"sense": "to release from guilt, shame, or punishment",
"word": "unguilt"
}
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{
"code": "ase",
"lang": "American Sign Language",
"note": "BentB@BaseHand-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterSternumhigh-UlnarAcross BentB@TipHand-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterSternumhigh-UlnarAcross",
"sense": "forgive, pardon"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕaḏara",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "عَذَرَ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "vybačácʹ",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выбача́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "výbačycʹ",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́бачыць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "prabačácʹ",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прабача́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "prabáčycʹ",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "праба́чыць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "daravácʹ",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "дарава́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "padaravácʹ",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "падарава́ць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izvinjávam",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "извиня́вам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izvinjá",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "извиня́"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "proštávam",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "проща́вам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prostjá",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "простя́"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "excusar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "原諒"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yuánliàng",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "原谅"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "omlouvat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "omluvit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "vergeven"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "excuseren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "antaa anteeksi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "excuser"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "pardonner"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "perdoar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "entschuldigen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "verzeihen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "synchoró",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "συγχωρώ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "megbocsát"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "exkuzar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "scusare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "perdonare"
},
{
"alt": "ゆるす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yurusu",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "許す"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yongseohada",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "용서하다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "īgnōscō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "excūsō"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izvinuva",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "извинува"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izvini",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "извини"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "kṣamiykkuka",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "ക്ഷമിയ്ക്കുക"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "tilgi"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "unnskylde"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "excusar"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "forġiefan"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "lādian"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wybaczać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wybaczyć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "przebaczać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "przebaczyć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "desculpar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "perdoar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "scuza"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izvinjátʹ",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "извиня́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "forgive",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izvinítʹ",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "извини́ть pf проща́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prostítʹ",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прости́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "math"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ospravedlňovať"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ospravedlniť"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "excusar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "perdonar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "ursäkta"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "patawarin"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "magpatawad"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "maṉṉi",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "மன்னி"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "mazur görmek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vybačáty",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вибача́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "výbačyty",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ви́бачити"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "probačáty",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пробача́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "probáčyty",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "проба́чити"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "proščáty",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "проща́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prostýty",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прости́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "daruváty",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "дарува́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "podaruváty",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подарува́ти"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "antshuldikn",
"sense": "forgive, pardon",
"word": "אַנטשולדיקן"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "iʕtaḏara",
"sense": "allow to leave",
"word": "اِعْتَذَرَ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "allow to leave",
"word": "請求離開"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qǐngqiú líkāi",
"sense": "allow to leave",
"word": "请求离开"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "allow to leave",
"word": "verontschuldigen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "allow to leave",
"word": "excuseren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "allow to leave",
"word": "poistua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "allow to leave",
"word": "excuser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "allow to leave",
"word": "sich entschuldigen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "allow to leave",
"word": "elenged"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "allow to leave",
"word": "felment"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "allow to leave",
"word": "scusare"
},
{
"alt": "いいわけおする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "iiwake o suru",
"sense": "allow to leave",
"word": "言い訳をする"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "allow to leave",
"word": "excuso"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "allow to leave",
"word": "whakawātea"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "allow to leave",
"word": "lādian"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "allow to leave",
"word": "usprawiedliwić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "allow to leave",
"word": "escusar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "allow to leave",
"word": "dispensar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izvinjátʹsja",
"sense": "allow to leave",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "извиня́ться"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "allow to leave",
"word": "hayaan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "allow to leave",
"word": "muaf tutmak"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "allow to leave",
"word": "cho nghỉ"
},
{
"code": "ase",
"lang": "American Sign Language",
"note": "BentB@BaseHand-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterSternumhigh-UlnarAcross BentB@TipHand-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterSternumhigh-UlnarAcross",
"sense": "explain with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "opravdávam",
"sense": "explain with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "оправда́вам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "opravdája",
"sense": "explain with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "оправда́я"
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],
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
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"code": "it",
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],
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"code": "it",
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"word": "言い訳"
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"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
"word": "口実"
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"word": "弁解"
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"alt": "べんめい",
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"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
"word": "弁明"
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"code": "km",
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"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
"word": "លេស"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "pinggye",
"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
"word": "핑계"
},
{
"alt": "辨明",
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"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "byeonmyeong",
"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
"word": "변명"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "şıltoo",
"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
"word": "шылтоо"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izgovor",
"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "изговор"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "opravduvanje",
"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "оправдување"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
"word": "alasan"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "kṣamāpaṇaṁ",
"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
"word": "ക്ഷമാപണം"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "oḻivukaḻivŭ",
"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
"word": "ഒഴിവുകഴിവ്"
},
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"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "kanagan",
"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
"word": "ᡴᠠᠨᠠᡤᠠᠨ"
},
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"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "fiktu",
"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
"word": "ᡶᡳᡴᡨᡠ"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
"word": "takunga"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
"word": "takutakunga"
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"code": "mr",
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"roman": "sabab",
"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "सबब"
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"code": "mr",
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"roman": "kāraṇ",
"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "कारण"
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"code": "mhr",
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"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
"word": "амал"
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"code": "mwl",
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"feminine"
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"code": "zdj",
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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"code": "ang",
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"code": "ota",
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"code": "ota",
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"code": "fa",
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"code": "fa",
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "pl",
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],
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"code": "pt",
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"word": "оправда́ние"
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "gd",
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"code": "sk",
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"feminine"
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"word": "výhovorka"
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"code": "es",
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
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"code": "tl",
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"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
"word": "dahilan"
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"code": "ta",
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"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
"word": "சாக்கு"
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"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
"word": "ข้อแก้ตัว"
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"code": "txb",
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement",
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"feminine"
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"word": "відмо́вка"
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"masculine"
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