A reason that isn't the one being looked for, however truthful it may be.
Something made up to disguise the fact Mike Vrabel is a horrible coach.
Mike Vrabel has an excuse because half the team was hurt, and I really don’t know how to coach.
To overlook the obvious, to make up a stupid reason for something, happening, to shift blame
usually by Josh Campbell about Mike Vrabel and the Titans
Mike Vrabel only lost because half of the team is hurt which is an excuse
a term that your mom, boss, dad, and anyone superior to you will call any of your logical reasons for not doing something because they are a stupid bitch and can go eat a dick.
mom: did you pick up the dogs shit?
son: sorry mom, i broke my wrist on a lightpost and then fell into 20 thumbtacks that were covered in salt and hand sanitiser
mom: cut it with the fucking excuses!
1. Something people find for not important stuff.
2. To excuse one's self from a situation.
Teacher: "You're making the worst excuses to why your homework's not here."
Student: "But my dog ate it!"
An excuse is just some persons reason for something and another person not agreeing with it (person not agreeing is the person calling things an excuse)
*over text*
Grandma: “Where are you?”
You: “School why?”
Grandma: “You did not go to school they called me. You missed three classes at school and you owe paper work and forms for me to sign that you have not handed in. Are you dropping out of school????”
You: “I was late that was why, it happened in Warwick multiple times. I have the paper work but you kinda haven't been home every single day I get home from school”
You (cont): “And no I'm not dropping out”
You (again): “Now I gotta go, I have global right now. I need to makeup work”
You attends class///
Grandma: “They will not keep you in school if you continue not to go. You can always put the paper work in my mailbox for me to sign. No excuses for this You, you need to attend classes in order to graduate and move on with your life. Think about it”
You: “I have been attending. It would be nice for me to have it quickly signed and I can take it where I’m staying so I can hand it in immediately, and it’s not excuses. It’s just me giving reasons that you don’t agree with or like”
logic that leads to doing less work that you know you should be doing for superior moral reasons anyway
Example:
"I dont want to work today because I have neckpain"
Ok, you should probably still do it and fix your neckpain later as best as you can.
What is not a valid excuse? This is where the 'moral' bit comes into play.
Technically the old definition would call this an excuse too:
"I dont want to kill those 15 starving children because I dont like killing".
But a real excuse in my humble opinion is an excuse only when you duck out of doing something that would be the *right* thing to do - something you should be doing for a higher purpose.