The difference between Excuse and Reason
When used as nouns, excuse means explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment, whereas reason means that which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
When used as verbs, excuse means to forgive, whereas reason means to deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational.
check bellow for the other definitions of Excuse and Reason
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Excuse as a verb (transitive):
To forgive; to pardon.
Examples:
"I excused him his transgressions."
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Excuse as a verb (transitive):
To allow to leave, or release from any obligation.
Examples:
"May I be excused from the table?"
"I excused myself from the proceedings to think over what I'd heard."
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Excuse as a verb (transitive):
To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement.
Examples:
"You know he shouldn't have done it, so don't try to excuse his behavior!"
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Excuse as a verb:
To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
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Excuse as a noun (countable, uncountable):
Explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault.
Examples:
"Tell me why you were late – and I don't want to hear any excuses!"
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Excuse as a noun (legal):
A defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accused party admits to doing acts for which legal consequences would normally be appropriate, but asserts that special circumstances relieve that party of culpability for having done those acts.
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Excuse as a noun (with preceding negative adjective, especially {{m, sorry):
, or }} An example of something that is substandard or of inferior quality.
Examples:
"That thing is a poor excuse for a gingerbread man. Hasn't anyone taught you how to bake?"
"He's a sorry excuse of a doctor."
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Reason as a noun (logic):
A cause: That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause. A motive for an action or a determination. An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation. A premise placed after its conclusion.
Examples:
"The reason this tree fell is that it had rotted."
"The reason I robbed the bank was that I needed the money."
"If you don't give me a reason to go with you, I won't."
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Reason as a noun (uncountable):
Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
Examples:
"Mankind should develop reason above all other virtues."
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Reason as a noun (obsolete):
Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.
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Reason as a noun (mathematics, obsolete):
Ratio; proportion.
Examples:
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Reason as a verb (intransitive):
To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational
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Reason as a verb (intransitive):
To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
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Reason as a verb (intransitive):
To converse; to compare opinions.
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Reason as a verb (transitive):
To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
Examples:
"I reasoned the matter with my friend."
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Reason as a verb (transitive, rare):
To support with reasons, as a request.
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Reason as a verb (transitive):
To persuade by reasoning or argument.
Examples:
"to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan"
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Reason as a verb (transitive, with ''[[down]]''):
To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
Examples:
"to reason down a passion"
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Reason as a verb (transitive, usually with ''[[out]]''):
To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
Examples:
"to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon"