Words similar to excuse

Example sentences for: excuse

How can you use “excuse” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

. everybody endeavouring to excuse themselfs.”
This is no excuse for negligence and rule-breaking.
Lawyers always fall back on the time-tested everyone-deserves-a-lawyer thing, everyone-is-entitled-to-a-defense, but the truth is there's no excuse for what these lawyers say in court-- for which they never ever even seem to say they're sorry .
But risking holiday sentimentality (with the ready-made excuse that it's just the chestnut stuffing talking), I'd like to mention some things I'm thankful for, like Tim Carvell's two (!) responses involving pushing people or poultry out of airplanes; Jennifer Miller's two (!) bits of self-revelation about her dark and ferocious inner life and apartment; Larry Amaros' determination that the Olsen twins wander parched and frightened, not merely in the Serengeti but during the dry season.
Is there any excuse for broadcasters who read their scripts still managing to mangle not merely the foreign names which recur daily but even everyday words like nuclear?