[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to regard or judge with forgiveness or indulgence; pardon or forgive; overlook (a fault, error, etc.):Excuse his bad manners.", "to offer an apology for; seek to remove the blame of:He excused his absence by saying that he was ill.", "to serve as an apology or justification for; justify:Ignorance of the law excuses no one.Synonyms: palliate , extenuate", "to release from an obligation or duty:to be excused from jury duty.Synonyms: free", "to seek or obtain exemption or release for (oneself ):to excuse oneself from a meeting.", "to refrain from exacting; remit; dispense with:to excuse a debt.", "to allow (someone) to leave:If you'll excuse me, I have to make a telephone call."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["an explanation offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or for release from an obligation, promise, etc.:His excuse for being late was unacceptable.Synonyms: justification", "a ground or reason for excusing or being excused:Ignorance is no excuse.", "the act of excusing someone or something.", "a pretext or subterfuge:He uses his poor health as an excuse for evading all responsibility.Synonyms: makeshift , evasion , pretense", "an inferior or inadequate specimen of something specified:That coward is barely an excuse for a man. Her latest effort is a poor excuse for a novel."]}]