Vocabulary : Excurse to Excuse

Excurse : To journey or pass thought.
Excursion : A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally. ;; A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief tour; as, an excursion into the country. ;; A wandering from a subject; digression. ;; Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.]
Excursionist : One who goes on an excursion, or pleasure trip.
Excursive : Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, an excursive fancy.
Excursus : A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and containing a more extended exposition of some important point or topic.

Excusable : That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action.
Excusation : Excuse; apology.
Excusator : One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; an apologist.
Excusatory : Making or containing excuse or apology; apologetical; as, an excusatory plea.
Excuse : To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to exculpate; to absolve; to acquit. ;; To pardon, as a fault; to forgive entirely, or to admit to be little censurable, and to overlook; as, we excuse irregular conduct, when extraordinary circumstances appear to justify it. ;; To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon. ;; To free from an impending obligation or duty; hence, to disengage; to dispense with; to release by favor; also, to remit by favor; not to exact; as, to excuse a forfeiture. ;; To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for. ;; The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation. ;; That which is offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or irregular deportment; apolo

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