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- English Word Excruciating Definition Torturing; racking.
- English Word Excruciation Definition The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture.
- English Word Excubation Definition A keeping watch.
- English Word Excubitorium Definition A gallery in a church, where persons watched all night.
- English Word Exculpable Definition Capable of being exculpated; deserving exculpation.
- English Word Exculpate Definition To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit.
- English Word Exculpated Definition of Exculpate
- English Word Exculpating Definition of Exculpate
- English Word Exculpation Definition The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.
- English Word Exculpatory Definition Clearing, or tending to clear, from alleged fault or guilt; excusing.
- English Word Excur Definition To run out or forth; to extend.
- English Word Excurrent Definition Running or flowing out
- English Word Excurrent Definition Running or extending out; as, an excurrent midrib, one which projects beyond the apex of a leaf; an excurrent steam or trunk, one which continues to the top.
- English Word Excurrent Definition Characterized by a current which flows outward; as, an excurrent orifice or tube.
- English Word Excurse Definition To journey or pass thought.
- English Word Excursion Definition A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally.
- English Word Excursion Definition A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief tour; as, an excursion into the country.
- English Word Excursion Definition A wandering from a subject; digression.
- English Word Excursion Definition Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.]
- English Word Excursionist Definition One who goes on an excursion, or pleasure trip.
- English Word Excursive Definition Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, an excursive fancy.
- English Word Excursus Definition A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and containing a more extended exposition of some important point or topic.
- English Word Excusable Definition That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action.
- English Word Excusation Definition Excuse; apology.
- English Word Excusator Definition One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; an apologist.
- English Word Excusatory Definition Making or containing excuse or apology; apologetical; as, an excusatory plea.
- English Word Excuse Definition To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to exculpate; to absolve; to acquit.
- English Word Excuse Definition To pardon, as a fault; to forgive entirely, or to admit to be little censurable, and to overlook; as, we excuse irregular conduct, when extraordinary circumstances appear to justify it.
- English Word Excuse Definition To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon.
- English Word Excuse Definition To free from an impending obligation or duty; hence, to disengage; to dispense with; to release by favor; also, to remit by favor; not to exact; as, to excuse a forfeiture.