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3 excuse
a. excuser• one can be excused for not understanding what she says il est excusable qu'on ne comprenne pas ce qu'elle dit• and now if you will excuse me, I... et maintenant, si vous voulez bien m'excuser, je...• excuse me for wondering if... permettez-moi de me demander si...• excuse me! excusez-moi !2. nounexcuse f• his success was a good excuse for a family party ce succès a fourni le prétexte à une fête de famille━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ Lorsque excuse est un verbe, le s se prononce z: ɪksˈkju:z ; lorsque c'est un nom, il se prononce s: ɪksˈkju:s.* * *1. [ɪk'skjuːs]noun ( self-justification) excuse f; ( pretext) prétexte m ( for something à quelque chose; for doing pour faire; to do pour faire)to be an excuse to do ou for doing — servir de prétexte pour faire
2. [ɪk'skjuːz]that's no excuse — ce n'est pas une excuse or une raison
transitive verbexcuse me! — ( bumping into somebody) excusez-moi!, pardon!; (beginning an inquiry, making polite correction) excusez-moi; ( making angry correction) je regrette, mais; ( not hearing properly) pardon?
may I be excused? — GB euph est-ce que je peux aller aux toilettes?
2) ( justify) justifier [intervention, procedure]; excuser [person]3) ( exempt) dispenser ( from something de quelque chose; from doing de faire)
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self-justification — 1775, from self + justification (see JUSTIFY (Cf. justify)) … Etymology dictionary
self-justification — /self jus teuh fi kay sheuhn, self /, n. the act or fact of justifying oneself, esp. of offering excessive reasons, explanations, excuses, etc., for an act, thought, or the like. [1765 75] * * * … Universalium
self-justification — self′ justifica′tion n. the act or fact of justifying oneself, esp. of offering excessive explanations for one s actions or thoughts • Etymology: 1765–75 … From formal English to slang
self-justification — /ˌsɛlf dʒʌstəfəˈkeɪʃən/ (say .self justuhfuh kayshuhn) noun 1. the act or fact of explaining or explaining away one s actions, motives, etc. 2. a justification or raison d être which is inherent in a thing. 3. Printing the automatic adjustment of …
self-justification — n. the justification or excusing of oneself, one s actions, etc … Useful english dictionary
self-justification — noun Date: circa 1775 the act or an instance of making excuses for oneself … New Collegiate Dictionary
self-justification — Самооправдание … Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов
Self — Self, n.; pl. {Selves}. 1. The individual as the object of his own reflective consciousness; the man viewed by his own cognition as the subject of all his mental phenomena, the agent in his own activities, the subject of his own feelings, and the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
self-re|crim|i|na|tion — «SEHLF rih KRIHM uh NAY shuhn», noun. self accusation; self reproach: »She mixed self recrimination with self justification until it was enough to make a man s head swim (New Yorker) … Useful english dictionary
self-justifying — [self′jus′tə fī΄iŋ] n. justifying or rationalizing one s actions, beliefs, motives, etc. self justification [self′jus΄təfi kā′shən] n … English World dictionary
Justification (theology) — The Harrowing of Hell as depicted by Fra Angelico Rising out of the Protestant Reformation, Justification is the chief article of faith describing God s act of declaring or making a sinner righteous through Christ s atoning sacrifice. The extent … Wikipedia