Definition
A person who excuses or forgives; someone who makes or accepts excuses.
Etymology
From excuse + -er (Old English -ere), the standard agentive suffix. This common noun form describes someone characterized by excusing.
Kelly Says
Parents are professional excusers—they excuse their children for the same behaviors they'd punish in others, and research shows this bias makes us terrible judges of our own mistakes while harshly judging strangers.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
አመሰግናለሁ
a-mes-e-gni-na-le-hu
ARالعربية
اعتذر
i-'a-d-thir
BNবাংলা
ক্ষমা করা
khs-ma kor-a
CACatalà
excusar
eks-kyoo-sar
CSČeština
omluvit
om-loo-vit
DADansk
undskyld
un-d-skyld
DEDeutsch
entschuldigen
ent-schul-di-gen
ELΕλληνικά
συγγνώμη
sin-gno-mee
ESEspañol
excusar
ek-skyoo-sar
FAفارسی
عذرخواهی
a-dzar-khaw-a-hi
FISuomi
pyytää anteeksi
pyyt-ää an-tee-eksi
FRFrançais
excuser
ek-skyoo-zer
HIहिन्दी
माफ़ करना
maa-f kar-na
HUMagyar
bocsánatot kér
boch-san-at-ot ker
IDBahasa Indonesia
memaafkan
me-maaf-kan
ITItaliano
scusare
skoo-sa-re
KMKM
ស្វាគមន៍
s-vwa-kom-nuh
MSBahasa Melayu
memaafkan
me-maaf-kan
NLNederlands
excuseren
eks-kyoo-ze-ren
NONorsk
unnskyld
un-ns-kyld
PLPolski
przepraszać
z-pre-pras-zat
PTPortuguês
excusar
ek-skyoo-sar
RORomână
a scuza
a sku-za
RUРусский
извинить
iz-vi-nit
SVSvenska
be om ursäkt
be om ur-saekt
SWKiswahili
omba radhi
om-ba ra-dhi
TAதமிழ்
சொல்லுங்கள்
sol-lu-n-gham
TEతెలుగు
క్షమించండి
khs-mi-nchan-di
TLTL
paumanhin
pa-u-man-hin
TRTürkçe
özür dileme
oz-yur di-le-me
UKУкраїнська
вибачитись
vi-ba-chiti-s'ya
VITiếng Việt
xin lỗi
xin loi
ZUZU
ngiyabonga
ngi-ya-bon-ga