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Cap K sez: All excuses are nothing but explanation, but not all explanations are excuses.
Rhuby sez: An excuse is offered to someone who has power to "punish" you
Gotta more or less go along here. An excuse is an explanation of a screw up. Usually it is an attempt to deflect the blame.
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