excuse
verb (used with object)
to regard or judge with forgiveness or indulgence; pardon or forgive; overlook (a fault, error, etc.).
self-excusing
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a word derived from
excuse.
Example Sentences
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Four crucial dynamics were highlighted here: self-excusing, blame-shifting, gaslighting and normalization of the abnormal or aberrant behavior.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2016
But his portrayal of flabby, feckless, self-excusing Hialmar is hardly less so.
From Time Magazine Archive
All this is mere rhetoric, and full of clever self-excusing.
From The Man Shakespeare by Frank Harris
He also had a cynical pleasure in seeing such people tripping and stumbling, so that he might say in self-excusing, "We are all alike."
From Opening a Chestnut Burr by Edward Payson Roe
Moreover, Willett had shown proper deference to him, the post commander, whereas, Harris, said he, in his first impulsive, self-excusing mood, even though warranted in going, had gone without a word.
From Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War by Charles J. Post
