Excuse and Goad

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Excuse

Excuse noun - An explanation that frees one from fault or blame.
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Goad and excuse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Goad" instead a noun "Excuse".
Nearby Words: excusing, excused, excusable

Goad

Goad noun - Something that arouses action or activity.
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Excuse and goad are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excuse" instead a noun "Goad".
Nearby Words: goaded, goading

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people excuse people goad people
rest excuse rest goad rest

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  • In the Frontier Circus episode "The Shaggy Kings", the renegade Indian Michael Smith tricks Ben and Tony into hunting buffalo on Cherokee lands, and then uses this an excuse to goad the Cherokee into going on the warpath.
    Source: Pretext for War
  • Pretext for War: In "The Shaggy Kings", the renegade Indian Michael Smith tricks Ben and Tony into hunting buffalo on Cherokee lands, and then uses this an excuse to goad the Cherokee into going on the warpath.
    Source: Series / Frontier Circus
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