Excuse and Lay

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Excuse

Excuse verb - To dismiss as of little importance.
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Synonyms for Excuse
Antonyms for Excuse
Lay is an antonym for excuse.
Nearby Words: excusing, excused, excusable

Lay

Lay verb - To establish or apply as a charge or penalty.
Usage example: state officials tried to lay a tax on merchandise sold over the Internet
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Synonyms for Lay
Antonyms for Lay
Excuse is an antonym for lay.
Nearby Words: laying, laid
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Similar words of lay

Common collocations

people excuse people lay people
head excuse head lay head

Both words in one sentence

  • Use the Bible as an excuse to call gay people abominations and he will lay the annotated smackdown upon you in front of all of your colleagues.
    Source: Berserk Button / Live-Action TV
  • He was his own specific victim, the goal was to portray himself as a lucky survivor of a serial bomber/killer and give him an excuse to lay low and not have to provide the documents.
    Source: Serial Killings, Specific Target
  • There really is no excuse for this, as pretty much everyone knows that they give birth to live young, have hair, and feed their joeys on milk—you know, three qualifications shared between placental and marsupial mammals (though monotremes lay eggs instead of giving live birth).
    Source: Dan Browned
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Antonyms for lay

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