excused
Given a pass
Excused means released from an obligation or forgiven for a fault.
A student may be excused from class, a juror excused from duty.
Please excuse my late arrival.
To excuse oneself is to ask permission to leave or to justify one's actions.
Excused absence is officially permitted.
As a participle, it describes someone who has been let off: The excused jurors left the courtroom.
Release from requirement
- waiverFormal surrender of rights
- dispensationOfficial permission to skip rules
- releaseTo let go
- exceptionDeviation from standard
exclusion · privilege · immunity · opt-out · pass · deferral · leave · permitted
Formally forgiven for offense
- absolvedFreed from guilt
- condonedAccepted without protest
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
mercy · clemency · grace · leniency · compassion · understanding · tolerance · reprieve
Made something understandable
- rationalizedInvented justification for
- warrantedProperly justified or sanctioned
- defensibleAble to be justified
- validLegally or logically sound
reasonable · legitimate · acceptable · understandable · plausible · grounds · reason · cause
exemption
Release from requirement
- waiverFormal surrender of rights
- dispensationOfficial permission to skip rules
- releaseTo let go
exception · exclusion · privilege · immunity · opt-out · pass · deferral · leave · permitted · allowed
pardoned
Formally forgiven for offense
- absolvedFreed from guilt
- condonedAccepted without protest
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
forgiveness · mercy · clemency · grace · leniency · compassion · understanding · tolerance · reprieve · let go
explained
Made something understandable
- rationalizedInvented justification for
- warrantedProperly justified or sanctioned
- defensibleAble to be justified
valid · reasonable · legitimate · acceptable · understandable · plausible · grounds · reason · cause · mitigating
- school attendanceattendance, absence, absences, truancy, tardy
- attendanceattendance, present, absent, here, attendance sheet
- jury statusseated, empaneled, selected, dismissed, disqualified
- accountabilityaccountability, responsibility, accountable, take responsibility, answerability
- blamelessinnocent, guiltless, faultless, blameless, cleared
excusedpunished
Penalized for misbehavior
condemned · castigated · penalized · reprimanded · chastised
- excuse meApology for minor intrusion
- make excusesGive self-serving explanations
- making excusesOffering justifications for shortcomings
- no excusesRefusing to justify failure
- excuse myself
- excuse youPolite rebuke for rudeness
excuse, excusable, excuses, inexcusable, excusing, unexcused, excuser, excusers, inexcusably