Excised vs Excused - What's the difference?
excised | excused |
(excise)
A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).
* 1668 July 3rd, , “Thomas Rue contra'' Andrew Hou?toun” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683),
* 1755, , A Dictionary of the English Language , "excise",
* 1787, ,
To impose an excise tax on something.
To cut out; to remove.
* 1846 , William Youatt, The Dog ,
* 1901, , Preface to the second edition of Myth, Ritual, and Religion ,
* 1987 , , page 442 of Small Sacrifices ,
(rare) To perform certain types of female circumcision.
(excuse)
To forgive; to pardon.
* Shakespeare
* Archbishop Sharp
To allow to leave.
To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement.
To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
* Bible, 2. Corinthians xii. 19
An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment.
(legal) A defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accused party admits to doing acts for which legal consequences would normally be appropriate, but asserts that special circumstances relieve that party of culpability for having done those acts.
An example.(attention)
As verbs the difference between excised and excused
is that excised is (excise) while excused is (excuse).excised
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Verb
(head)excise
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) excijs, altered under the influence of Latin .Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(wikipedia excise) (en noun)page 547
- Andrew Hou?toun'' and ''Adam Mu?het'', being Tack?men of the Excize , did Imploy ''Thomas Rue'' to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound ''Sterling for a year.
- A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom Excise is paid.
- The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises , to pay the debts of the United States;
Synonyms
* excise taxDerived terms
* central excise * excise house * exciseman * unexcisedVerb
(en-verb)Etymology 2
From (etyl) exciser, from (etyl) excisus, past participle of .Verb
(en-verb)- [T]hey [warts] may be lifted up with the forceps, and excised with a knife or scissors, and the wound touched with nitrate of silver.
- In revising the book I have excised certain passages which, as the book first appeared, were inconsistent with its main thesis.
- Insanity]] can be cured. Personality disorders are so [[inextricable, inextricably entwined with the heart and mind and soul that it is well-nigh impossible to excise them.
excused
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Verb
(head)excuse
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Verb
(excus)- I excused him his transgressions.
- I must excuse what cannot be amended.
- A man's persuasion that a thing is duty, will not excuse him from guilt in practising it, if really and indeed it be against God's law.
- May I be excused from the table?
- I excused myself from the proceedings to think over what I'd heard.
- You know he shouldn't have done it, so don't try to excuse his behavior!
- Think ye that we excuse ourselves to you?
Synonyms
* forgive, let off the hook, let pass, pardon, unguiltDerived terms
* excuse me * excuse my FrenchNoun
(en noun)- Tell me why you were late – and I don't want to hear any excuses !
- That thing is a poor excuse for a gingerbread man. Hasn't anyone taught you how to bake?
- He's a sorry excuse of a doctor.