excused
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3.5
Allowed to miss something because someone gave permission
- adjective
- /ɪkˈskjuːzd/
:
exento
- She was excused from the meeting due to a prior engagement.
Examples
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Children who are excused from physical education can participate in other activities.
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Students who are excused from class must still keep up with their assignments.
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And the judge had to excuse herself from the courtroom because she was in tears.
Antonyms
How Required
Surface Forms
excused positive
Morphology
Etymology
Excused comes from Latin parts ex- 'out' and causa 'cause' or 'reason', the same root as cause. It originally meant 'free from blame', and from the idea of having a good reason it came to mean being 'allowed not to take part', so to be excused is to be given permission to be absent.