Excuse and Think

Excuse

Excuse verb - To dismiss as of little importance.

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

Nearby Words: excusing, excused, excusable

Think verb - To have as an opinion.

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Excuse and think are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excuse" instead a verb "Think".

Nearby Word: thinking

old	old excuse	old think
good	good excuse	good think
nice	nice excuse	nice think
best	best excuse	best think
Other adjectives: long, elaborate, common, obvious, popular, actual, massive, big, great, little, bad, horrible, decent, new, strange, last, go-to.

Bad writers often think that the excuse can substitute for Character Development, but it does the exact opposite.

Source: Freudian Excuse
Freeman theorizes this is the reason.Gordon: I don't even think he was aiming for me; I was just the excuse!

Source: Machinima / Freeman's Mind
But if nothing else, at least we need an excuse; think how many people need none at all.

Source: Literature / The Culture

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