Account and Excuse

Account

Account noun - A statement given to explain a belief or act.

Usage example: he could offer no credible account for why he had been absent from work for two hours

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Excuse and account are semantically related in motive topic. In some cases you can use "Excuse" instead the word "Account" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like subject, reason.

Nearby Words: accounted, accountability, accountable, accounting, accountant

Excuse

Excuse verb - To be an acceptable reason for.

Usage example: having a female passenger in labor will generally excuse a little disregard for the speed limit

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Antonyms for Excuse

Account and excuse are semantically related in motive topic. Sometimes you can use "Account" instead the word "Excuse" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as subject, reason.

Nearby Words: excusing, excused, excusable

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How words are described

old	old account	old excuse
good	good account	good excuse
long	long account	long excuse
exact	exact account	exact excuse
Other adjectives: actual, real, big, great, tragic, main, new, major, official, different.

Both words in one sentence

The Lowroad artist has admitted, on his Deviantart account, that Lowroad was just an excuse to pander to his fans and/or himself.

Source: Author Appeal
Excess math would certainly account for The Doctor's eccentric nature, not that he needs another excuse.

Source: Mad Mathematician
Freudian Excuse: If Sestero's account of Tommy's life is true (which he doubts), then Tommy's had a really lousy life.

Source: Literature / The Disaster Artist

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