Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Officially released from a duty, obligation, or requirement: Describes a person who has been formally permitted to not do something they would normally be expected to do.
   • Granted an exemption or pardon: Indicates that someone has been forgiven for a fault or failure to act.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Students with a doctor's note will be excused from the final exam.
  • The excused juror did not have to serve on the trial.
  • She was excused from the meeting due to a prior commitment.

Advanced Usage

• "To be excused": A polite phrase used to ask for or state permission to leave a place, especially a table or a conversation.
  • "May I be excused from the dinner table?" the child asked.
• "Consider yourself excused": A formal or authoritative way of granting someone permission to leave or be exempt.
  • You've heard the instructions, so consider yourselves excused.

Variants and Related Words

• Excuse (verb): To forgive or justify a fault; to release someone from a duty.
  • Please excuse my tardiness.
• Excuse (noun): A reason or explanation given to justify a fault or failure.
  • He gave a poor excuse for his absence.
• Inexcusable (adjective): Too bad to be justified or tolerated.
  • His rude behavior was inexcusable.

Synonyms

• Exempted: Officially freed from an obligation or rule.
• Pardoned: Forgiven for an error or offense.
• Released: Allowed to leave or be free from a duty.

Related Phrases

• Excused absence: An official permission to be absent from school or work.
  • The school requires a note for an excused absence.
• Stand excused: A formal declaration that someone is no longer required to be present or perform a duty.
  • The witness may stand excused.

Adjective

1. granted exemption
   • one of the excused jurors planned to write a book