Meanings
plural excusers
- One who offers excuses or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another.
In vain would his excusers endeavour to palliate his enormities, by imputing them to madness; because it is well known, that madness only operates by inflaming and enlarging the good or evil dispositions of the mind.
1730, Jonathan Swift, A Vindication of Lord Carteret - One who excuses or forgives another.
yet love is a sufficient excuse and excuser of greater errors than are mine
1612–1620, [Miguel de Cervantes], translated by Thomas Shelton, The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. […], London: […] William Stansby, for Ed[ward] Blount and W. Barret, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Italic*kaussā
- Old Latincaussa
- Latincausa
- Latinexcūsāre
- Old Frenchescuser
- Middle Englishexcusen
- Latinexcūsāre
- Old Frenchexcuse
- Middle Englishexcuse
- Englishexcuse
- Englishexcuser
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Cite this entry
excuser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excuser
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