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executor
  • n  a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will
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excruciation
  • n  a state of acute pain
  • n  the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering
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exculpation
  • n  a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
  • n  the act of freeing from guilt or blame
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excursion
  • n  a journey taken for pleasure
    many summer excursions to the shore
  • n  wandering from the main path of a journey
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excuse
  • n  a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
    he kept finding excuses to stay
  • n  a note explaining an absence
    he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him
  • n  a poor example
    a poor excuse for an automobile
  • v  accept an excuse for
    Please excuse my dirty hands
  • v  grant exemption or release to
    Please excuse me from this class
  • v  serve as a reason or cause or justification of
    Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work
  • v  defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
  • v  ask for permission to be released from an engagement
  • v  excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
    excuse someone's behavior
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excuser
  • n  a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense
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