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excusal

excusal

1 6.3
Official permission not to do a duty
  • noun
  • /ɪkˈskjuːzəl/
  • Formal
: exención
  • The coach provided an excusal for players who had prior commitments.

Examples

  • The teacher granted an excusal for the student's absence due to illness.

  • Although Cochiti's governor had acquiesced to Pena's excusal from Pueblo agricultural duties so that she might pursue her painting, a condition was attached: she must hire others to fulfill her obligations.

    Academic text (1994)

  • He received an excusal from jury duty because he was traveling abroad.

Synonyms

exemption
vsexcusal
  • Formal
43 5.1

Official permission that frees someone from a rule or duty

is the official act that allows an individual to avoid a duty

Antonyms

obligation
433 3.2

A duty you feel to do something because it is right or someone helped you

How Official

waiver
  • Formal
106 6.0
exemption
  • Formal
43 5.1
excusal
  • Formal
1 6.3
leave
  • Formal
299 3.8
permission
842 1.0

Surface Forms

excusals singular
excusals plural

Morphology

excusal = excuse (transparent) = excuse + al

Formed from the verb 'excuse' with -al to denote the act or result (permission to be excused), which learners can infer from 'excuse'.

Etymology

The word excusal comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and causa 'reason', the same root as excuse and because. That's why an excusal can also mean the official act of letting someone 'out' of a duty or obligation.