Excuse and Story

Excuse

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

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Story and excuse are semantically related. in reason topic. In some cases you can use "Story" instead a noun "Excuse". informal substitute

Nearby Words: excusing, excused, excusable

Story noun - A work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel.

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Excuse and story are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excuse" instead a noun "Story".

Nearby Words: storey, storied, storyline

old	old excuse	old story
good	good excuse	good story
best	best excuse	best story
long	long excuse	long story
Other adjectives: better, similar, common, standard, proper, simple, actual, real, big, great, little, bad, tragic, main, new, classic, official, last, different.

Similarly, every story in Wally Wood's Sally Forth was an excuse to feature sexy naked women to entertain the US servicemen reading them.

Source: Excuse Plot
Excuse Plot: The author admits that he wrote this story primarily because he Wanted to give Tony Stark a punch in the mouth after reading the original comic book story.

Source: Fan Fic / Origin Story
Frisby is more of an Author Avatar and her story is nothing more than an excuse for the reader to hear the story of the rats of NIMH.

Source: Western Animation / The Secret of NIMH

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