Object

• pun: I must admit that I haven't tackled ( excuse the pun!

• spelling: Excuse all spelling [ ] as you can well fancy how I feel.

Converse of object

• invent: Again he paused, and I could see that he was trying to invent an excuse.

• mumble: I suddenly realize what I've done and mumbling some excuse, I stumble outside.

• veil: I was out alone on another " cannon test " , which was the usual thinly veiled excuse to look for trouble.

• find: The police then would find the excuse to charge the demo " .

• make: Someone with bulimia nervosa will often make excuses to avoid eating with friends or family.

Adjective modifier

• lame: And just in case you think that's a thoroughly lame excuse, we're not talking about the Queen Mother.

• reasonable: Any decision to accept reasonable excuse will be based on all the circumstances of your individual case.

• pathetic: Of course there may be pathetic emotional excuses for the act.

• feeble: Claims that the icy pitch affected Arbroath more than the home side seemed a fairly feeble excuse.

• lawful: It is an offense to have an article with a blade or point in a public place without good reason or lawful excuse.

• flimsy: The songs atrophied until they were flimsy excuses for endless displays of guitar prowess.

Noun used with modifier

• membersthat: For hourly employees address three basic medicare-active membersthat excuse it is blue cross blue shield of north carolina health insurance quote the.

Preposition: of

• ignorance: It's a good thing that we get to see what's going on there so we don't have the excuse of ignorance.

Preposition: for

• inaction: See also, answers to Question 8. One of the biggest barriers is the cycle of blame used as an excuse for inaction.

• inactivity: It seems too old or too frail are no longer acceptable excuses for physical inactivity and most of us are not getting enough exercise.

• delay: Surely there can be no further excuses for a delay in publishing and implementing the strategy?

• failure: But that is no excuse for failure to match the greatest need with the highest standards of care.

• invasion: And these attacks are a perfect excuse for more invasions, more laws, more restrictions.