excusing
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]excusing
- present participle and gerund of excuse
Noun
[edit]excusing (plural excusings)
- The act of making an excuse.
- 1985, Mary Hunter Austin, A Woman of Genius, page 138:
- "I was fond of her," he insisted dully. "She suffered a lot on account of me." The words dropped to me through immeasurable cold space. I believe there were more explanations, excusings.