Synonyms: forgive, pardon, remit
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) excuse | (I) excused |
| (thou) excusest | (thou) excusedst |
| (he) excuses, excuseth | (he) excused |
| (we) excuse | (we) excused |
| (you) excuse | (you) excused |
| (they) excuse | (they) excused |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) excuse | (I) excused |
| (thou) excuse | (thou) excused |
| (he) excuse | (he) excused |
| (we) excuse | (we) excused |
| (you) excuse | (you) excused |
| (they) excuse | (they) excused |
| Imperative mood | |
| excuse | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| excusing | excused |
| Catalan | excusar; perdonar |
|---|---|
| Czech | odpustit; prominout |
| Danish | tilgive |
| Dutch | vergeven |
| English (Old English) | forgefan |
| Esperanto | pardoni |
| Faeroese | fyrigeva; umbera |
| Finnish | antaa anteeksi |
| French | excuser; pardonner |
| German | entschuldigen |
| Icelandic | fyrirgefa |
| Malay | ampun; mengampuni |
| Norwegian | tilgi |
| Papiamento | pordoná |
| Polish | przebaczać |
| Portuguese | desculpar; escusar; perdoar |
| Romanian | scuza |
| Saterland Frisian | äntscheeldigje; äntskeeldigje; ferreeke |
| Spanish | perdonar |
| Sranan | gi pardon |
| Swahili | ‐achilia |
| Swedish | benåda; förlåta |
| Turkish | affetmek |
| West Frisian | begnedigje; ferjaan |