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Excoct
- - To boil out; to produce by boiling.
Excuse
- noun - a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"
- a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him"
- a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile"
- accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands"
- ask for permission to be released from an engagement
- defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
- excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities"
- grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"
- serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep
Excuss
- - To shake off; to discard.
Exeats
- unknown - Official permissions to depart from a diocese or university.
Exedra
- - A room in a public building, furnished with seats.
- Roman or Greek meeting house.
Exempt
- adjective - (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation; "the funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable"; "income exempt from taxation"
- (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject; "a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process"; "exempt from jury duty"; "only the very poorest citizens should be exempt from income taxes"
- grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"
- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"
Exequy
- - A funeral rite (usually in the plural); the ceremonies of burial; obsequies; funeral procession.
Exerts
- verb - have and exercise; "wield power and authority"
- make a great effort at a mental or physical task; "exert oneself"
- put to use; "exert one's power or influence"
EXETER
- unknown - City in south west England
Exeunt
- - leave stage
- They go out, or retire from the scene; as, exeunt all except Hamlet. See 1st Exit.