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Sometimes when you are explaining a problem, people want to interpret it as you are excusing the problem.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2023

“If courts are excusing the behavior of the state, it impacts the public’s interest in resolving cases in a timely manner, and the public’s confidence in the ultimate outcome of the case,” Kelley said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 23, 2022

You excused this man’s behavior of many years ago because of a “misunderstanding,” and you are excusing his behavior now because of his illness.

From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2022

Cheri Tremarco, principal of the Nuiqsut Trapper school, said that some students have left and that they are excusing children whose families don’t feel comfortable having them come to school.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2022

Did we not walk in the same spirit; did we not in the same steps? 19Do ye again suppose that we are excusing ourselves to you19?

From The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The common English version, corrected by the final committee of the American Bible Union. by American Bible Union