excuse (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. excūsātio (the act of making excuse, or the plea itself)2. expr. by excūso (to plead in excuse)3. (in some constr.) vĕnia4. lătĕbra (a false ex.) • excuse (subs.): 1. excūsātio (the act of making excuse, or the plea itself): it is no ex. for an offence if ..., nulla est ex. peccati si, etc., Cic. Am. 11, 37: a satisfactory ex., satis justa ex., Cic.; also justa et idonea ex., Cic. Fam. 16, 25. 2. expr. by excūso (to plead in excuse): to put forward the ex. of poverty, inopiam ex., Caes.: v. to excuse (I.). 3. (in some constr.) vĕnia: which does not admit of ex., cui nulla v. proponitur [for which no indulgence can be shown], Cic.: v. pardon. 4. lătĕbra (a false ex.): v. pretext.