Excuse and Ground

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Excuse

Excuse noun - An explanation that frees one from fault or blame.

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Ground is a synonym for excuse in motive topic. In some cases you can use "Ground" instead a noun "Excuse", when it comes to topics like subject, reason.

Nearby Words: excusing, excused, excusable

Ground

Ground noun - A small area of usually open land.

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Excuse is a synonym for ground in reason topic. Sometimes you can use "Excuse" instead a noun "Ground", if it concerns topics such as motive, subject.

Nearby Words: grounded, groundwork, groundless, grounding, groundsman

How words are described

old	old excuse	old ground
best	best excuse	best ground
similar	similar excuse	similar ground
common	common excuse	common ground
Other adjectives: perfect, solid, legal, actual, real, massive, big, little, main, new, last.

Common collocations

time	excuse time	ground time
dozens	excuse dozens	ground dozens

Both words in one sentence

Loophole Abuse: The Soviets in Flight of the Old Dog refuse to deactivate the Kavaznya laser under the excuse that the strategic arms treaties never banned ground-based laser systems.

Source: Creator / Dale Brown
The Dutch course teaches you to greet juice, to say you're a banana, and how to excuse yourself on the ground that you're an apple.

Source: Video Game / Duolingo
Synopsis: When Fluttershy received her certification as a fog specialist, she only wanted a plausible excuse to write off the expenses associated with her ground-based house on her taxes.

Source: Fanfic Recs / My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic General 1 To H

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