单词 | excusation |
释义 | † excusationn. Obsolete. 1. The action of offering an excuse, defence, or apology; also, the condition of being excused, in phrase to have in excusation. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [noun] > offering an excuse excusinga1340 excusec1374 excusationc1380 scusationc1430 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 440 Worldliche excusacioun shal not þenne assoyne [printed assoyve]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 9261 He sal find widvten excusacions Sexti alde generacions [from Adam to Christ]. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxxix. l. 478 I am A synnere In Alle thynge..therfore haueth me now in Excusaciown. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. DDiiiiv Whiche maner of excusacion may be many wayes. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. D4 It [sc. learning]..needes the lesse disproofe or excusation . View more context for this quotation 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 6 Ligation or Excusation and Accusation. 2. The action of setting free, or the state of being set free, from a duty, obligation, etc.; release from a duty, etc. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [noun] > release from duty or obligation remission?1316 loosingc1357 releasec1390 releasing1395 discharginga1398 defeasance1399 quittancea1400 acquittancec1405 discharge1423 absolution1447 acquittinga1450 quietance1451 excusationc1475 relief1496 acquittal?1538 releasement1548 ease1576 excuse1577 relievement1583 excusal1584 exoneration1640 dispensation1653 absolvement1689 c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 34 Wiþout excusacoun, but if..Crist despens wiþ hem, & excuse hem, or for bed hem. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) ii. i. sig. i.ii Yt we sholde not haue excusacyon not doynge them. 1527 M. Coverdale Let. 27 Aug. in Remains (1846) (modernized text) 491 I was required..to deliver this writing to your mastership mine own self: notwithstanding..I must desire favour on your behalf for my excusation [etc.]. 3. An excuse, a real or alleged ground of excuse; a plea or apology; = excuse n. 2, 3. a. for an offence, etc. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [noun] assoin1297 excusationc1380 pleaa1382 excusement1393 sunyiea1400 chose15.. excusec1500 allegation?1510 scuse1523 subterfuge1581 apology1598 alibi1857 out1919 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 411 Heere ben þre excusaciouns..to excuse prestis synne. a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 97 She wost not what she might do nor sey, for there was none excusacion in her folye. 1563 J. Davidson Answer to Tractiue Kennedy in D. Laing Misc. Wodrow Soc. (1844) I. 192 Men that had fallin in error wald have had ane juste excusation, that the wrang [etc.]. 1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 45 I..shall be allowed the full benefit of all the..excusations..that I..can devise. b. for release from a duty, obligation, etc. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [noun] > release from duty or obligation > a plea for release from obligation excusationc1386 excuse1494 c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋90 No man may been absent for certes there auailleth noon Essoyne ne excusacion. c1440 Gesta Romanorum ii. xxxvi. (1838) 388 Now is there none excusacione on thi side, but thou shalt take me to thyne husbonde. ?1529 Proper Dyaloge Gentillman & Husbandman sig. C v v That it be not lefull to the by no excusacion to tarye fyue dayes. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 389/1 Neyther by petition made to ye pope, nor yet by hys lawfull excusation. 1662 P. Gunning Paschal or Lent-Fast 157 The 4 Excusations are..bodily infirmity [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1380 |
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