Synonyms for excused
ex·cused

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1. excusedadjective

   granted exemption

   "one of the excused jurors planned to write a book"

   Antonyms:
   nonexempt

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1. List of paraphrases for "excused":

   forgiven, waived

How to pronounce excused?

How to say excused in sign language?

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How to use excused in a sentence?

1. John Milton:

   So spake the fiend, and with necessity, The tyrant’s plea, excused his devilish deeds.

2. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf:

   While he has been a leader on important policy issues, this conduct cannot be excused.

3. George W. Bush, Speech to UN General Assembly, September 21, 2004:

   For too long, many nations, including my own, tolerated, even excused, oppression in the Middle East in the name of stability. Oppression became common, but stability never arrived. We must take a different approach. We must help the reformers of the Middle East as they work for freedom, and strive to build a community of peaceful, democratic nations.

4. Griff Aldrich:

   DeShaun came in here -- I’m glad he’s not in here — but he was moody when he got to Longwood, i still remember at the beginning of his first summer with us, he was politely excused from practice because of that moodiness. He has just dramatically transformed as a young man to understanding our culture, then embracing it, and now he sets the standard.

5. Douglas Adams, Ford Prefect in "Life, the Universe, and Everything":

   My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre, and that I am therefor excused from saving Universes.