| exculpation | (n) the act of freeing from guilt or blame |
| exculpatory | (adj) clearing of guilt or blame, Ant. inculpatory |
| excursion | (n) a journey taken for pleasure, Syn. jaunt, outing, junket, expedition, sashay, pleasure trip, Example: many summer excursions to the shore; it was merely a pleasure trip; after cautious sashays into the field |
| excursion rate | (n) a reduced rate for a round-trip ticket |
| excusable | (adj) capable of being overlooked, Ant. inexcusable |
| excusable | (adj) easily excused or forgiven, Syn. venial, forgivable, Example: a venial error |
| excusably | (adv) in an excusable manner or to an excusable degree, Syn. forgivably, pardonably, Ant. inexcusably, unpardonably, unforgivably, Example: he was excusably late |
| excuse | (n) a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc., Syn. alibi, self-justification, exculpation, Example: he kept finding excuses to stay; every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job; his transparent self-justification was unacceptable |
| excuse | (n) a note explaining an absence, Example: he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him |
| excuse | (v) accept an excuse for, Syn. pardon, Example: Please excuse my dirty hands |
| Excubation | pos>n. [ L. excubatio, fr. excubare to lie out on guard; ex out on guard; ex out + cubare to lie down. ] A keeping watch. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Excubitorium | ‖n. [ LL. excubitorium; ex out + cubare, cubitum, to lie. ] (Eccl. Antiq.) A gallery in a church, where persons watched all night. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Exculpable | Capable of being exculpated; deserving exculpation. Sir G. Buck. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Exculpate | v. t. He exculpated himself from being the author of the heroic epistle. Mason. [ 1913 Webster ] I exculpate him further for his writing against me. Milman. |
| exculpated | adj. freed from any question of guilt; having suspicion of guilt eliminated. |
| Exculpation | n. [ Cf. LL. exculpatio. ] The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse. [ 1913 Webster ] These robbers, however, were men who might have made out a strong case in exculpation of themselves. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Exculpatory | Clearing, or tending to clear, from alleged fault or guilt; excusing. “An exculpatory letter.” Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Excur | pos>v. i. [ L. excurrere. See Excurrent. ] To run out or forth; to extend. [ Obs. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Excurrent | a. [ L. excurrens, p. p. of excurrere, excursum, to run out; ex out + currere to run. See Current. ] |
| Excurse | v. t. [ See excurrent. ] To journey or pass thought. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |