Chapter Excavate to Exert one’s self of E by Soule's Synonymes

Excuse, v. a.

1. Pardon, forgive, acquit, absolve, exculpate, exonerate.
2. Extenuate, justify, form or constitute an apology or excuse for.
3. Exempt, release, free, let off.
4. Overlook, regard indulgently, treat as venial.
5. [With self.] Clear, vindicate, exculpate, exonerate, make defence or apology for, set right.

Excuse, n.

1. Apology, plea, justification, absolution.
2. Pretext, pretence, color, guise, disguise, semblance, makeshift, subterfuge, evasion, false show.

Execrable, a.

1. Detestable, hateful, odious, abhorrent, damnable, cursed, accursed, abominable, villanous.
2. Offensive, disgusting, obnoxious, nauseous, nauseating, sickening, repulsive, revolting, loathsome, vile.

Execrate, v. a.

1. Curse, imprecate ill upon, call down curses on.
2. Abominate, detest, hate, abhor.

Execration, n.

1. Curse, malediction, ban, anathema, imprecation of evil.
2. Detestation, abhorrence, abomination, horror, loathing.
3. Thing detested, abominated, or abhorred, curse, horror.