Past tense of excuse
regular verb
The past tense of excuse is excused. The past participle is also excused.
Forms of excuse
| Base form (V1) | excuse /ɪkˈskjuːz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | excused /ɪkˈskjuːzd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | excused /ɪkˈskjuːzd/ |
| Present participle | excusing |
| Third person singular | excuses |
Excused in a sentence
- I excused him his transgressions.
- May I be excused from the table?
- I broke wind and excused myself afterwards.From the entry break wind
- Still feeling faintish, I asked to be excused from dinner.From the entry faintish
- I smiled, trying to mirror his enthusiasm then excused myself to dry heave in the toilets.2021 August 13, Fern Brady, “Hot shame, dry heaving and dream audiences: a standup’s return to Edinburgh fringe”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry dry-heave
Meaning of excuse
- verb To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.
- verb To allow to leave, or release from any obligation.
- verb To provide an excuse for; to justify.
Questions about the past tense of excuse
- What is the past tense of excuse?
- The past tense of excuse is excused.
- What is the past participle of excuse?
- The past participle of excuse is excused.
- Is excuse a regular or irregular verb?
- Excuse is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: excuse (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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