excuse
verb (used with object)
to regard or judge with forgiveness or indulgence; pardon or forgive; overlook (a fault, error, etc.).
am excusing
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present progressiveof excuse (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"Read what you have, good or bad, little or much; I am excusing nobody."
From Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
Don't think, though," he added the next moment, "that I am excusing you for impertinence, not at all; but it was what you have had to suffer from Enna's insolence.
From Elsie Dinsmore by Martha Finley
