Words similar to excused

Example sentences for: excused

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

I excused myself at once, left Roger in Cupid's hands and went over to check out another participle I'd noticed dangling by the bar.
A government order excused most of the sect's adherents as victims who didn't know they were joining a subversive political organization.
The NYT national edition leads with a story you could be excused for not worrying about--White House and Congressional plans for spending all those future federal budget surpluses.
This might be excused by the fact that the top three tiers of the building collapsed several hundred years ago.
The authoress may be excused her youthful slip, but once she has made it, we are obliged to preserve it!