Excuse and Insistence

Excuse

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

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Insistence and excuse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Insistence" instead a noun "Excuse".

Nearby Words: excusing, excused, excusable

Insistence noun - A solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something.

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Excuse and insistence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excuse" instead a noun "Insistence".

long	long excuse	long insistence
usual	usual excuse	usual insistence
common	common excuse	common insistence
standard	standard excuse	standard insistence
Other adjectives: stupid, strong, quick, further, strange.

Excuse Plot: The owners' ignorance of the killer animatronics and the player character's insistence on continuing to work the job don't make much sense, that's for sure.

Source: Videogame / Five Nights at Freddy's
Even Evil Has Standards: The Wicked Stepmother refuses to cut off Nastenka's braid at her prized daughter's insistence, with the lame excuse that she'd have nothing to pull her around with.

Source: Film / Morozko
She notes that regardless of Eichmann's lack of Devil in Plain Sight behaviour and his insistence that he was following orders, this is still not an excuse and that people have a moral obligation and can be tried for failing to pass on it, even in the most exceptionally difficult circumstances.

Source: Just Following Orders

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