Difference between Beg Off and Excuse

BEG OFF vs EXCUSE: NOUN

A reason or grounds for excusing.
The act of excusing.
An inferior example.
An example.
A defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accused party admits to doing acts for which legal consequences would normally be appropriate, but asserts that special circumstances relieve that party of culpability for having done those acts.
An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment.
A poor example
The act of excusing or apologizing, exculpating or justifying.
A plea offered or reason given in extenuation of a fault or a failure in duty; an apology; as, the debtor makes excuses for delay of payment.
That which serves as a reason or ground for excusing; an extenuating or justifying fact or argument, or what is adduced as such by way of apology or to secure pardon.
Synonyms Apology, Excuse, Plea. See apology.
The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation.
That which is offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or irregular deportment; apology
That which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault.
A defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
A note explaining an absence
An explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness.

Excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
Serve as a reason or cause or justification of
Grant exemption or release to
Ask for permission to be released from an engagement
Accept an excuse for
Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
To forgive; to pardon.
To allow to leave.
To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement.

To make allowance for; overlook or forgive.
To grant pardon to; forgive.
To apologize for (oneself) for an act that could cause offense.
To explain (a fault or offense) in the hope of being forgiven or understood; try to justify: : forgive.
To serve as justification for.
To free, as from an obligation or duty; exempt.
To give permission to leave; release.
To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon.
To pardon, as a fault; to forgive entirely, or to admit to be little censurable, and to overlook.
To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to exculpate; to absolve; to acquit.
To free from an impending obligation or duty; hence, to disengage; to dispense with; to release by favor; also, to remit by favor; not to exact.
To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.

To offer an excuse or apology for: often reflexively.
To furnish or serve as an excuse or apology for; serve as justification for; justify.
To pardon, as a fault; forgive entirely, or overlook as venial or not blameworthy.
To free or release from an obligation or duty; release by favor.
To remit; refrain from exacting: as, to excuse a fine.
To regard, permit, or receive with indulgence.
To shield from blame.
Synonyms To extenuate.
To exempt, release, let off.
Be lenient with
(idiom) (Excuse me) Used to acknowledge and ask forgiveness for an action that could cause offense.
(idiom) (Excuse me) Used to request that a statement be repeated.

Chicken out, Defail, Inclosure, Afterclap, Unbespeak, Null and void, Send away, Postposit, Move back, Cancellation, Give notice, Dispropriate, Cancel, Cry off, Excuse

Reason, Justification, Self justification, Beg off, Let off, Exempt, Pardon, Relieve, Apologise, Explain, Rationalize, Apologize, Condone, Justify, Alibi

Rescindment, Chicken out, Defail, Afterclap, Unbespeak, Null and void, Send away, Postposit, Move back, Cancellation, Give notice, Dispropriate, Cancel, Cry off, Excuse

Pretense, Rationale, Smokescreen, Explanation, Pretext, Justification, Beg off, Let off, Exempt, Relieve, Apologise, Rationalize, Condone, Justify, Alibi

Korean War as an excuse to abolish theunits.
Looking for an excuse to barbecue this summer?
Individual conscience should decide proper cause for excuse.
Excuse my inglish, me knot right sew well.
The issue is not whether she had a sufficient excuse but whether the trail court had reason to believe she had a sufficient excuse.
Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence.
If you absolutely must make an excuse right now for goodness sake, make the excuse briefer than your apology.
There is no excuse for ignoring this latest one, nor legitimate reason to excuse those who may have created it.
Meeks is spewing excuse after excuse in an attempt to preserve her power and disenfranchise voters.
The simple fact is that Alice Young has made excuse after excuse in both papers.