Excuse and Precedent

Excuse

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

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

Nearby Words: excusing, excused, excusable

Precedent noun - An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time.

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Excuse and precedent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excuse" instead a noun "Precedent".

good	good excuse	good precedent
similar	similar excuse	similar precedent
solid	solid excuse	solid precedent
legal	legal excuse	legal precedent
Other adjectives: valid, obvious, strong, actual, real, great, little, bad, horrible, new, possible.

Both cases ended with the accused being convicted of murder (albeit with vastly reduced sentences), setting the precedent that self-preservation does not excuse the murder of an innocent.

Source: Cold Equation
True, your current king may be an improvement, but he has set a precedent that the throne belongs to whomever can connive his way into it — often enough without the excuse that the current king is worse than he is.

Source: The Wrongful Heir to the Throne
Precedent Excuse: In the episode "Aurora" Sheppard is thrown in jail and tries to get the guard to let him out and take him to the ship's captain.

Source: Series / Stargate Atlantis

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