Excuse and Modify

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Excuse

Excuse verb - To dismiss as of little importance.
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Modify and excuse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Modify" instead a verb "Excuse".
Nearby Words: excusing, excused, excusable

Modify

Modify verb - To limit the meaning of (as a noun).
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Excuse and modify are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excuse" instead a verb "Modify".
Nearby Words: modification, modified, modifying, modifiable, modifier

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part excuse part modify part
time excuse time modify time
accent excuse accent modify accent
behavior excuse behavior modify behavior

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  • Star Trek: Enterprise (which mostly had different writers) decided to modify one of explanations the Deep Space Nine staff had discarded to create the excuse that a Klingon pandemic/genetic engineering was cured with human DNA and caused a side-effect that smoothed out the forehead ridges.
    Source: Lampshade Hanging / Live-Action TV
  • Video Game / Another Code Freudian Excuse: Ryan saw his mom die in an accident as a child and his dad used him as a test subject to modify his memories of his mom's death in an attempt to heal his emotional pain, which not only negated his ability to understand love and kindness, but also created a hatred of his father.
    Source: Video Game / Another Code
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