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An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of process; the allegation of an excuse to the court.

An attorney who sufficiently excuses the absence of another.

The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse. These robbers, however, were men who might have made out a strong case in exculpation of themselves. Southey.

That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action. -- Ex*cus"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ex*cus"a*bly, adv. The excusableness of my dissatisfaction. Boyle.

Excuse; apology. [Obs.] Bacon.

One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; an apologist. [Obs.] Hume.

Making or containing excuse or apology; apologetical; as, an excusatory plea.

To release or deliver from some liability which others are subject to; to except or excuse from he operation of a law; to grant immunity to; to free from obligation; to release; as, to exempt from military duty, or from jury service; to exempt from fear or pain. Death So snatched will not exempt us from the pain We are…

To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations. Burke.

loose and unsubstantial structure; without reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy argument, excuse, objection. Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines. Pope. All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain. Sheridan.

To cover or wrap up; to conceal. Nor fold my fault in cleanly coined excuses. Shak.

To wrap up; to conceal. [Obs.] All mote be said and nought excused, nor hid, nor forwrapped. Chaucer.

To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to fumble for an excuse. Dryden. My understanding flutters and my memory fumbles. Chesterfield. Alas! how he fumbles about the domains. Wordsworth.

Pertaining to, or like, a flock. For this gregal conformity there is an excuse. W. S. Mayo.

l; though; as, I shall not oppose your design; I can not, however, approve of it. In your excuse your love does little say; You might howe'er have took a better way. Dryden.

Not admitting excuse, evasion, or plea; rigorous. [R.] T. Adams.

Not excusable; not admitting excuse or justification; as, inexcusable folly. Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest; for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. Rom. ii. 1.

With a degree of guilt or folly beyond excuse or justification. Inexcusably obstinate and perverse. Jortin.

nt of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc. The insufficiency of the light of nature is, by the light of Scripture, . . . fully supplied. Hooker.

ghtly combat; a knightly spirit. For knightly jousts and fierce encounters fit. Spenser. [Excuses] full knightly without scorn. Tennyson.