Excuse and Prevent

Opposite meaning words

Excuse verb - To dismiss as of little importance.

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Prevent is an antonym for excuse in forgive topic.

Nearby Words: excusing, excused, excusable

Prevent verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.

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Excuse is an antonym for prevent.

people	excuse people	prevent people
murder	excuse murder	prevent murder
time	excuse time	prevent time
abuse	excuse abuse	prevent abuse
Other words: genocide, war, anyone, crimes.

In order to prevent people from using this as an excuse to pause the game and plan ganks or other elaborate plans, any person can force-unpause the game.

Source: Loophole Abuse / Video Games
Excuse Question - A test or skill question used to prevent a contest from being declared a lottery

Source: Useful Notes / Television
Its an excuse to prevent the White Queen from being reborn.

Source: Manga / Tail Star

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