Excuse vs Appearance - What's the difference?
excuse | appearance | Related terms |
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)
The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.
Personal presence; look; aspect; mien.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= Apparent likeness; external show; how something appears to others.
* Bible, (w) ix. 15
* Bible, 1 (w) xvi. 7
* Bible, (w) vii. 24
The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
(legal) The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction.
(medical) Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient.
Excuse is a related term of appearance.
As a verb excuse
is .As a noun appearance is
the act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.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.
Usage notes
* We often say to make an excuse.Synonyms
* (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment ): pretextExternal links
* * English heteronyms ----appearance
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Alternative forms
* appearaunceNoun
(en noun)- And now am come to see . . . It thy appearance answer loud report.
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.
- There was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire.
- For man looketh on the outward appearance .
- Judge not according to the appearance .
- Will he now retire, After appearance , and again prolong Our expectation?
