excuse for

excuse someone for something

to pardon someone for something or for (doing) something. Please excuse me for this mess. I've not been able to clean the house. I can't excuse myself for not doing it.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Margareta	mahr-gah-RE-tah (German), MAHR-gah-re-tah (Finnish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Slovene, Dutch, Finnish, Croatian
Dmitrei	-	Medieval Slavic
Magalie	-	French
Joe	[dʒəu]
Amit (2)	ah-MEET	Hebrew
EglĖ	-	Lithuanian