Слово англійською: excuse

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excuse

noun
/ɪkˈskjuːs/
  1. a reason, either true or invented, that you give to explain or defend your behaviour
    • Late again! What's your excuse this time?
    • I tried desperately to think of a good excuse.
    • a lame/feeble/poor/flimsy excuse
    • a reasonable/valid excuse
    • I know I missed the deadline, but I have an excuse.
    • excuse for something There's no excuse for such behaviour.
    • excuse for doing something His excuse for forgetting her birthday was that he had lost his diary.
    • You don't have to make excuses for her (= try to think of reasons for her behaviour).
    • It's late. I'm afraid I'll have to make my excuses (= say I'm sorry, give my reasons and leave).
    Synonyms reasonreasonexplanation ▪ grounds ▪ basis ▪ excuse ▪ motive ▪ justification ▪ pretextThese are all words for a cause or an explanation for something that has happened or that somebody has done.reason a cause or an explanation for something that has happened or that somebody has done; a fact that makes it right or fair to do something:
    • He said no but he didn’t give a reason.
    explanation a statement, fact or situation that tells you why something has happened; a reason given for something:
    • The most likely explanation is that his plane was delayed.
    • She left the room abruptly without explanation.
    grounds (rather formal) a good or true reason for saying, doing or believing something:
    • You have no grounds for complaint.
    basis (rather formal) the reason why people take a particular action:
    • On what basis will this decision be made?
    excuse a reason, either true or invented, that you give to explain or defend your behaviour; a good reason that you give for doing something that you want to do for other reasons:
    • Late again! What’s your excuse this time?
    • It gave me an excuse to take the car.
    motive a reason that explains somebody’s behaviour:
    • There seemed to be no motive for the murder.
    justification (rather formal) a good reason why something exists or is done:
    • I can see no possible justification for any further tax increases.
     grounds or justification?Justification is used to talk about finding or understanding reasons for actions, or trying to explain why it is a good idea to do something. It is often used with words like little, no, some, every, without, and not any. Grounds is used more for talking about reasons that already exist, or that have already been decided, for example by law: moral/​economic grounds.pretext (rather formal) a false reason that you give for doing something, usually something bad, in order to hide the real reason:
    • He left the party early on the pretext of having to work.
    Patterns
    • (a/​an) reason/​explanation/​grounds/​basis/​excuse/​motive/​justification/​pretext for something
    • the reason/​motive behind something
    • on the grounds/​basis/​pretext of/​that…
    • (a) good/​valid reason/​explanation/​grounds/​excuse/​motive/​justification
  2. a good reason that you give for doing something that you want to do for other reasons
    • Eating ice cream for a sore throat isn't really a cure, but I like it, so any excuse!
    • excuse for something It's just an excuse for a party.
    • excuse for doing something Any occasion is a good excuse for having a barbecue.
    • excuse to do something It gave me an excuse to take the car.
    • He tried unsuccessfully to find an excuse to leave.
    • The demonstration was used as an excuse to impose martial law.
  3. a very bad example of something
    • Why get involved with that pathetic excuse for a human being?
  4. (North American English) a note written by a parent or doctor to explain why a student cannot go to school or somebody cannot go to work
    5. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French escuser (verb), from Latin excusare ‘to free from blame’, from ex- ‘out’ + causa ‘accusation, cause’.
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