Excuse from is used when someone is released from a duty or activity. Excuse for is used mainly with the noun excuse to give a reason or justification.
As a verb, excuse is commonly followed by from when someone is freed from an obligation or activity. Excuse for is usually connected to the noun excuse, meaning a reason or justification.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use excuse someone from to show that a person does not need to do something.
Use excuse someone for when you mean forgive or accept behaviour.
With the noun excuse, for introduces the action or behaviour being justified.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
Use excuse from when someone is released from a duty.
✕ The note excused her for class. ✓ The note excused her from class.Use excuse for when forgiving behaviour or actions.
✕ I excuse him from shouting. ✓ I excuse him for shouting.The noun excuse commonly takes for.
✕ She gave an excuse from her delay. ✓ She gave an excuse for her delay.After excuse someone from, use an -ing verb for actions.
✕ The injury excused him from play. ✓ The injury excused him from playing.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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It is standard in both formal and everyday English when talking about exemptions from duties or activities.
Yes. It is correct when excuse means forgive or overlook behaviour: I excused him for being late.
Excuse often refers to a specific situation or temporary release, while exempt is more formal and often used for official rules or categories.
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