Can and Excuse

Can

Can verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.

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Excuse and can are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Excuse" instead a verb "Can".

Excuse verb - To dismiss as of little importance.

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Can and excuse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Can" instead a verb "Excuse".

Nearby Words: excusing, excused, excusable

old	old can	old excuse
nice	nice can	nice excuse
similar	similar can	similar excuse
actual	actual can	actual excuse
Other adjectives: real, big, evil, little, bad, new, last, different.

Occasionally, the mentor/parent will use the "Because you can cope" excuse as an excuse to cover up more sinister motives — or just their own thoughtlessness.

Source: Because You Can Cope
While there's no excuse for the first detail, the pilots at least have an excuse for missing the flare, as their search and rescue chopper turned away just seconds before the crashed pilot can fire his flare.

Source: Failed a Spot Check
Anime and video games have no similar excuse, since they can by definition include anything the artists can draw or render, no matter how hard it might be to acquire a real example.

Source: Improperly Placed Firearms

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Excuse or Can. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/can/excuse.

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