Definition of Excused

1. Adjective. Granted exemption. "One of the excused jurors planned to write a book"

Similar to: Exempt

Definition of Excused

1. Verb. (past of ''excuse'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Excused

1. excuse [v] - See also: excuse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Excused

excursuses
excusable
excusableness
excusablenesses
excusably
excusal
excusals
excusation
excusations
excusator
excusators
excusatory
excuse
excuse me
excuse my French
excused (current term)
excuseless
excuser
excusers
excuses
excusing
excusion
excusive
excuss
excussion
excussions
excycloduction
excyclophoria

Literary usage of Excused

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1920)
"It is frequently maintained that every viola- What tion is excused so long as it was caused by the motive geif-pre- of self-preservation; but it becomes ..."

2. Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York by William H. Steele, Charles Elliott Fitch (1900)
"The President put the question on the request that Mr. Pratt be excused from ... Mr. Rogers — Mr. President, I ask to be excused from attendance on Thursday ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"It appeared also that some of the seven referred to in the motion had been excused from service. On the trial on the merits it appeared that the defendant ..."

4. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1882)
"Tailer excused himself to Mr. Green, because of the Fast. It seems 'tis Good Friday, ... Mr. Boydell was not here, he excused himself beforehand : I ..."

5. A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes and by John Barnard Byles, Maurice Barnard Byles, Walter John Barnard Byles (1899)
"Delay when excused. Delay in making presentment for payment is excused if caused by circumstances beyond the control of the holder, and not imputable to his ..."

6. The Religious Instruction of the Negroes in the United States by Charles Colcock Jones (1842)
"lama master, but no Christian,• and am therefore excused from the duty. Not at all. If the fact of being no Christian excuses you from obedience to the ..."

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