Difference between Condone and Excuse

CONDONE vs EXCUSE: NOUN

A poor example
An explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness.
A reason or grounds for excusing.
The act of excusing.
A defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
A note explaining an absence
An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment.
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 example.
An inferior example.
That which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault.
That which is offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or irregular deportment; apology
The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation.
Synonyms Apology, Excuse, Plea. See apology.
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.
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.
The act of excusing or apologizing, exculpating or justifying.

To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement.
To allow to leave.
To forgive; to pardon.
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 pardon; to forgive.
To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or the wife.
To overlook, forgive, or disregard (an offense) without protest or censure. : forgive.

To grant pardon to; forgive.
To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
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 make allowance for; overlook or forgive.
To apologize for (oneself) for an act that could cause offense.
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 pardon, as a fault; to forgive entirely, or to admit to be little censurable, and to overlook.
To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon.
To give permission to leave; release.
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.

Be lenient with
Synonyms See pardon.
To cause to overlook or forgive; atone for.
Specifically In law, to forgive, or to act so as to imply forgiveness of (a violation of the marriage vow). See condonation, 2.
To forgive or pardon, as something wrong, especially by implication, as through some act of friendship or confidence toward the offender; overlook, as an offense or fault.

To shield from blame.
Synonyms To extenuate.
To exempt, release, let off.
To remit; refrain from exacting: as, to excuse a fine.
To free or release from an obligation or duty; release by favor.
To pardon, as a fault; forgive entirely, or overlook as venial or not blameworthy.
To furnish or serve as an excuse or apology for; serve as justification for; justify.
To offer an excuse or apology for: often reflexively.
To regard, permit, or receive with indulgence.
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.

Forgive, Abide, Countenance, Justify, Authorize, Admit, Legitimize, Agree, Accept, Endorses, Sanction, Endorse, Apologize, Tolerate, Excuse

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

Acquiescence, Ignore, Approve, Apologise, Forgive, Abide, Justify, Admit, Legitimize, Agree, Accept, Sanction, Endorse, Tolerate, 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.