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excuse collapse: a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him"; a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"; excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities"; serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again"; grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"; ask for permission to be released from an engagement; accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands"

accredit collapse: give credit for; "She was not properly credited in the program"; grant credentials to; "The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution"; "recognize an academic degree"; provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials

abolish collapse: do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

fuel collapse: a substance that can be consumed to produce energy; "more fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft"; stimulate; "fuel the debate on creationism"; take in fuel, as of a ship; "The tanker fueled in Bahrain"; provide with a combustible substance that provides energy; "fuel aircraft, ships, and cars"; provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace"

whitewash collapse: a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects; wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces; a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score; exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data; cover with whitewash; "whitewash walls"; cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes"

let go collapse: be relaxed; "Don't be so worried all the time--just let go!"

invalidate collapse: take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate a contract"; show to be invalid; declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"

portage collapse: carrying boats and supplies overland; overland track between navigable waterways; the cost of carrying or transporting

rebate collapse: a refund of some fraction of the amount paid; join with a rebate; "rebate the pieces of timber and stone"; cut a rebate in (timber or stone); give a reduction in the price during a sale; "The store is rebating refrigerators this week"

stamp out collapse: end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"

brokerage collapse: the business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a contract between two parties; a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller

black out collapse: suppress by censorship as for political reasons; "parts of the newspaper article were blacked out"; darken completely; "The dining room blackened out"; obliterate or extinguish; "Some life-forms were obliterated by the radiation, others survived"

relegate collapse: assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"; refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"

hold down collapse: restrain; "please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep"; keep; "She manages to hold down two jobs"

stultify collapse: cause to appear foolish; "He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent"; prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence; "nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself"

delegate collapse: a person appointed or elected to represent others; give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person); transfer power to someone

veto collapse: a vote that blocks a decision; the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature); vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"

complimentary collapse: conveying or resembling a compliment; "a complimentary remark"; costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission"

assess collapse: estimate the value of (property) for taxation; "Our house hasn't been assessed in years"; charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine

tithe collapse: an offering of a tenth part of some personal income; a levy of one tenth of something; pay a tenth of one's income, especially to the church; "Although she left the church officially, she still tithes"; pay one tenth of; pay tithes on, especially to the church; "He tithed his income to the Church"; levy a tithe on (produce or a crop); "The wool was tithed"; exact a tithe from; "The church was tithed"

accuse collapse: bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "He charged the man with spousal abuse"

charitable collapse: full of love and generosity; "charitable to the poor"; "a charitable trust"; showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a large-hearted mentor"; relating to or characterized by charity; "a charitable foundation"

quench collapse: cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel"; reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance; satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"; electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device

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