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 notexcuse him from guilt in practising it
Iexcused myself from the proceedings to think over what I'd heard.
(transitive) To provide an excuse for; to justify.
You know he shouldn't have done it, so don't try toexcuse his behavior!
c.1503–1512,John Skelton,Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor,John Skelton: The Complete English Poems,1983,→OCLC, page62, lines6–7:
They cannot beexcusyd By reason nor by law;[…]
To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
And they all atonce begane to makeexcuſe. The fyrſt ſayd vnto him: I have bought a ferme / and I muſt nedes goo and ſe it / I praye the have me excuſed.
You can kiss a hundred boys in bars Shoot another shot, try to stop the feeling You can say it's just the way you are Make a newexcuse, another stupid reason
2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 15:10 from the start, inLast Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918[2], archived fromthe original on4 August 2022:
Seydlitz correctly identifies the larger shell splashes as coming from the two "large light cruisers" at the rear, and takes aim. Moments later,Courageous sheers out of line, smoke and steam venting through a massive hole in her side, the shells having blasted right through whateverexcuse for armor was present and detonated amidst the boiler rooms. She is doomed.
