Excuse and Response

Excuse

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

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

Nearby Words: excusing, excused, excusable

Response noun - Action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior.

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Excuse and response are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excuse" instead a noun "Response".

Nearby Words: responsive, responsible, respond

good	good excuse	good response
best	best excuse	best response
exact	exact excuse	exact response
better	better excuse	better response
Other adjectives: similar, usual, common, standard, reasonable, proper, poor, strong, actual, real, great, bad, quick, possible, classic, official, last, different, go-to.

Nuke 'em: This is the Schwarzwelt Joint Project's response to the threat, with the excuse that it would further destabilize the already unstable particles of the Schwarzwelt and nullify it.

Source: Video Game / Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
Groin Attack: Mickey's response to Johnny's excuse for the kiss steal is to...knock him with her pool cue.

Source: Film / Trouble with the Curve
What makes this particularly nasty is the joke was cooked up in response to e-hentai's ACTUAL ban of all underaged artwork due to Moral Guardian antagonization of their advertisers, and used the subpoena sent to them as the excuse, doctored up to look like it was sent to said pornsite instead.

Source: April Fools' Day

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