EXCUSED
excused
(adjective) granted exemption; “one of the excused jurors planned to write a book”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
excused
simple past tense and past participle of excuse
Source: Wiktionary
EXCUSE
Ex*cuse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excused; p. pr. & vb. n. Excusing.]
Etym: [OE. escusen, cusen, OF. escuser, excuser, F. excuser, fr. L.
excusare; ex out + causa cause, causari to plead. See Cause.]
1. To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to
clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating
a fault; to exculpate; to absolve; to acquit.
A man's persuasion that a thing is duty, will not excuse him from
guilt in practicing it, if really and indeed it be against Gog's law.
Abp. Sharp.
2. To pardon, as a fault; to forgive entirely, or to admit to be
little censurable, and to overlook; as, we excuse irregular conduct,
when extraordinary circumstances appear to justify it.
I must excuse what can not be amended. Shak.
3. To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to
pardon.
And in our own (excuse some courtly stains.) No whiter page than
Addison remains. Pope.
4. To free from an impending obligation or duty; hence, to disengage;
to dispense with; to release by favor; also, to remit by favor; not
to exact; as, to excuse a forfeiture.
I pray thee have me excused. xiv. 19.
5. To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology
for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
Think ye that we excuse ourselves to you 2 Cor. xii. 19.
Syn.
– To vindicate; exculpate; absolve; acquit. - To Pardon, Excuse,
Forgive. A superior pardons as an act of mercy or generosity; either
a superior or an equal excuses. A crime, great fault, or a grave
offence, as one against law or morals, may be pardoned; a small
fault, such as a failure in social or conventional obligations,
slight omissions or neglects may be excused. Forgive relates to
offenses against one's self, and punishment foregone; as, to forgive
injuries or one who has injured us; to pardon grave offenses, crimes,
and criminals; to excuse an act of forgetfulness, an unintentional
offense. Pardon is also a word of courtesy employed in the sense of
excuse.
Ex*cuse", n. Etym: [Cf. F. excuse. See Excuse, v. t.]
1. The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning,
releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution;
justification; extenuation.
Pleading so wisely in excuse of it. Shak.
2. That which is offered as a reason for being excused; a plea
offered in extenuation of a fault or irregular deportment; apology;
as, an excuse for neglect of duty; excuses for delay of payment.
Hence with denial vain and coy excuse. Milton.
3. That which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault.
"It hath the excuse of youth." Shak.
If eyes were made for seeing. Then beauty is its own excuse for
being. Emerson.
Syn.
– See Apology.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition