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
Alphonsine	al-fawn-SEEN	French
Marcia	MAHR-shə (English), MAHR-see-ə (English), MAHR-thyah (Spanish), MAHR-syah (Latin American Spanish)	English, Spanish, Ancient Roman
Rani (1)	-	Indian, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi
Eloi	-	French, Catalan
Aten	AH-tən (English)	Egyptian Mythology
Trudie	TROO-dee (English), TRUY-dee (Dutch)	English, Dutch