excused

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Excused from the Concacaf W Championship game, the star forward had chartered back from Washington after receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2022

Excused absences are fairly routine in Salem, with lawmakers filing requests with presiding officers explaining why they are unable to attend.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2022

Excused from duty at New Jersey's Camp Kilmer while he was neck-deep in the Army-McCarthy hearings, National Guard Lieut.

From Time Magazine Archive

Excused after 6� withering hours, Taylor still looked morning-fresh.

From Time Magazine Archive

But when a penalty, is either annexed to the Crime in the Law it selfe, or hath been usually inflicted in the like cases; there the Delinquent is Excused from a greater penalty.

From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas