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
Mahir	-	Arabic
&Aelig;Thelred	-	Anglo-Saxon
RÁHel	-	Hungarian
Kipling	KIP-ling	English (Rare)
Tiitus	TEE:-toos (Finnish)	Finnish, Estonian
Klaudiusz	KLOWT-yuwsh	Polish