excuse

excuse
ex·cuse vt [ɪkʼskju:z, ek-]
1) (forgive)
to \excuse sth etw entschuldigen;
(make an exception) über etw akk hinwegsehen;
\excuse the mess in my room entschuldige bitte meine Unordnung;
please \excuse me for arriving late entschuldigen Sie bitte mein Zuspätkommen;
to \excuse sb's behaviour jds Verhalten nt rechtfertigen;
to \excuse sb's lateness über jds Unpünktlichkeit f hinwegsehen;
to \excuse sb [for] sth jdm etw entschuldigen;
many of the war criminals were \excused their crimes vielen Kriegsverbrechern wurden ihre Verbrechen nicht angerechnet;
to \excuse sb from sth jdn von etw dat befreien;
may I be \excused from cricket practice? dürfte ich dem Cricket-Training fernbleiben?
2) (attract attention)
\excuse me! entschuldigen Sie bitte!, Entschuldigung!;
(beg pardon) [ich bitte vielmals um] Entschuldigung;
my name is Dedijer - \excuse me? mein Name ist Dedijer - wie bitte?;
(on leaving)
[if you'll] \excuse me wenn Sie mich jetzt entschuldigen würden;
may I be \excused? dürfte ich mal auf die Toilette gehen? n [ɪkʼskju:s, ek-]
1) (reason) Entschuldigung f, Grund m;
please make my \excuses at Thursday's meeting entschuldige mich bitte bei der Sitzung am Donnerstag;
2) (pej: justification) Ausrede f; (cause, reason) Anlass m;
there is no \excuse for their behaviour ihr Verhalten lässt sich nicht entschuldigen;
poor \excuse schlechte Ausrede;
to look for an \excuse nach einer Ausrede suchen;
to make an \excuse sich akk entschuldigen;
I make no \excuses for my views ich entschuldige meine Ansichten nicht;
to be always making \excuses sich akk immer herausreden
3) (fam: poor example)
an \excuse for sth eine armselige Ausführung von etw dat;
it was a miserable \excuse for a meal das war ein jämmerliches Essen

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