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Excused

Excuse \Ex*cuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excused; p. pr. & vb. n. Excusing.] [OE. escusen, cusen, OF. escuser, excuser, F. excuser, fr. L. excusare; ex out + causa cause, causari to plead. See Cause.]

  1. To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to exculpate; to absolve; to acquit.

    A man's persuasion that a thing is duty, will not excuse him from guilt in practicing it, if really and indeed it be against Gog's law.
    --Abp. Sharp.

  2. To pardon, as a fault; to forgive entirely, or to admit to be little censurable, and to overlook; as, we excuse irregular conduct, when extraordinary circumstances appear to justify it.

    I must excuse what can not be amended.
    --Shak.

  3. To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon.

    And in our own (excuse some courtly stains.) No whiter page than Addison remains.
    --Pope.

  4. To free from an impending obligation or duty; hence, to disengage; to dispense with; to release by favor; also, to remit by favor; not to exact; as, to excuse a forfeiture.

    I pray thee have me excused.
    --xiv. 19.

  5. To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.

    Think ye that we excuse ourselves to you?
    --2 Cor. xii. 19.

    Syn: To vindicate; exculpate; absolve; acquit.

    Usage: - To Pardon, Excuse, Forgive. A superior pardons as an act of mercy or generosity; either a superior or an equal excuses. A crime, great fault, or a grave offence, as one against law or morals, may be pardoned; a small fault, such as a failure in social or conventional obligations, slight omissions or neglects may be excused. Forgive relates to offenses against one's self, and punishment foregone; as, to forgive injuries or one who has injured us; to pardon grave offenses, crimes, and criminals; to excuse an act of forgetfulness, an unintentional offense. Pardon is also a word of courtesy employed in the sense of excuse.

Wiktionary
excused

vb. (en-past of: excuse)

WordNet
excused

adj. granted exemption; "one of the excused jurors planned to write a book"

Wikipedia
Excused

Excused is an American dating reality-based competition series that debuted in first-run syndication in the United States and Canada on September 12, 2011. The half-hour series is hosted by comedian Iliza Shlesinger and created by David Garfinkle and Jay Renfroe for Renegade 83 Productions (the same company that produced Blind Date) and CBS Television Distribution.

The series, which is primarily syndicated to stations affiliated with Fox, CW, CBS, MyNetworkTV and to independent stations for broadcast in late fringe and access time periods, is the first dating series (along with Entertainment Studios-produced Who Wants to Date a Comedian?, which debuted the same month) to air in first-run syndication since the 2006 cancellations of Blind Date and Elimidate.

On April 19, 2012, CBS Television Distribution announced that Excused would be renewed for a second season, which began on September 10, 2012, but it would also be its last as the series ended its run in September 2013 after 230 episodes.

Usage examples of "excused".

He then excused himself, courier bag clasped tightly to his side, and, nodding right and left to the dawdling crewmembers to get back to their work, left the bay.

Then he excused himself and he and Pat marched without a word toward their plastic cabin.

He excused himself for a breath of air and wandered out of the computer lab.

Further, now that my arm bones had knit, I was excused from pumping the bellows and allowed to help make the horse sandals, which meant much work with a hammer.

Immediately after he had seen her to her chair, he excused himself and scrubbed his hands vigorously until his ring resumed its normal shade.

Fortunately the tight-beam channel warmed up and Helva excused herself to open her end of it.

She took her bear, politely excused herself, and went back to her room.

In the end, Keff had excused himself and let the Cridi battle it out among themselves.

I can't get nine children clean by myself so could parents be excused for fifteen minutes?

Thian excused himself to the lieutenant and 'ported both 'Dinis out of the capsule, bracing Mur against his leg until it had cleared its air passage.

He excused himself to the captain, thanking him again for the meal, and once again repeating his wish to be of service to the Vadim in any way he could.

Then, exchanging a glance with Grm, Weiman excused himself from the lounge.

Francu formally introduced her to the numerous officers, some of whom immediately excused themselves to take up their watch duties.

When all the food had been eaten, Lars excused himself with grave courtesy and pushed through the bushes.

With solemn courtesy, he thanked her for their intercourse, and, having dressed, excused himself with grave ceremony.