excusement (c.1136-65)
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excusement (c.1136-65)

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[ FEW: 3,286a excusare; Gdf: 3,452b excusement; GdfC: ∅; TL: 3,1032 escusement; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  excusement; TLF: ∅; OED:  excusement n.; MED:  excusement n.; DMLBS: ∅ ]
escusement  

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1excuse: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  N’i ad mais hues escusement  1250
( 1314 )  ceo qe vous pledez chiet naturelement en escusement de vostre tort  Ed II xvi 161
♦exculpation, pardon: 
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Devant Deu n’averunt escusement  708
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  ki ke mal fet, escusement ne put aver  2283
♦justification, exoneration: 
( 1314 )  ceo qe vous donez en leu de chace a fayre title ceo est en escusement de tor  Ed II xviii 30
( 1342 )  Ceo serroit excusement pur vous a un Quare non admisit, mes noun pas icy  16 ii Ed III 71
♦self-justification: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Orguil de cest chastel (=built by the sinner, against God) est tur, Escusement en est le mur  6744
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