excusing
Definitions
Verb
- Accept an excuse for
- Grant exemption or release to
- Serve as a reason or cause or justification of
- Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
- Ask for permission to be released from an engagement
- Excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
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Words that sound like the term "excusing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | extending | 3 | 29 |
| 2 | expanding | 3 | 28 |
| 3 | expressing | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | expecting | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | excluding | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | explaining | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | embarrassing | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | negotiating | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | examining | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | exploding | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | exhibiting | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | exploring | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | exclaiming | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | exchanging | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | delineating | 5 | 2 |
| 16 | enveloping | 4 | 2 |
| 17 | resembling | 4 | 2 |
| 18 | disbelieving | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | disquieting | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | distracting | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | embezzling | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | exporting | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | expounding | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | extruding | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | recuperating | 5 | 1 |
| 26 | retaliating | 5 | 1 |
| 27 | decelerating | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | degenerating | 5 | 0 |
| 29 | deliberating | 5 | 0 |
| 30 | destructing | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | disapproving | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | disengaging | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | disfiguring | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | dismembering | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | disparaging | 4 | 0 |
| 36 | dispiriting | 4 | 0 |
| 37 | elaborating | 5 | 0 |
| 38 | emaciating | 5 | 0 |
| 39 | evaporating | 5 | 0 |
| 40 | exempting | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | expensing | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | mishandling | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | mislabeling | 4 | 0 |
| 44 | mismanaging | 4 | 0 |
| 45 | misspending | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | mistrusting | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | reverberating | 5 | 0 |
| 48 | sequestering | 4 | 0 |
| 49 | withstanding | 3 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "excusing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | using | 2 | 145 |
| 2 | causing | 2 | 18 |
| 3 | excluding | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | cursing | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | exclusion | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | securing | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | exercising | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | exhausting | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | excursion | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | excursions | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | executing | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | refocusing | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | exclusions | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | recusing | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | reusing | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | exuding | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | cussing | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | cushing | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | encrusting | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | cuing | 2 | 0 |
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "excusing".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 6
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 49
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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