(p. 9) achilā a pretext or plea (usu. a false one); an excuse; a pretence. 77)

(p. 165) upalakṣa, upalakṣya an end in view, a purpose; an aim; an occasion; an opportunity, a pretext, an excuse. 35)

(p. 165) upalakṣita purposed; aimed at; presaged; taken as an occasion or opportunity; advanced as a pretext or excuse; inferred or deduced (from). 38)

(p. 178) ēi this. pro. this, it. int. expressing: a vocative sound (এই ছেলে শোন্); displeasure, fear, wonder etc. (এই গেল যা, এই মরল, এই রে). adv. just (এই এখনি), just this (এই কেবল). এই অজুহাতে on this plea or pretext or excuse or ruse. এই কতক্ষণ just a little while ago. এই কারণে, ̃জন্য for this reason, on account of this. ̃ক্ষণে adv. this instant, now, this very moment. এই প্রকারে in this manner, in this way, thus. এই বেলা now that there is time, while this opportunity lasts, meanwhile. এই মর্মে to this effect. এই কেবল, ̃তো, ̃মাত্র this much; just this; just now. ̃বার adv. this time; now; on this occasion. ̃রূপ a. suchlike, similar; such. ̃রূপে adv. in this way or manner, in the fashion, thus. এই হেতু same as এই কারণে । 4)

(p. 188) ōjara a plea, an excuse; a pretext. বাজে ওজর a lame excuse. মিথ্যা ওজর a false plea. 23)

(p. 220) kāṭānō to cause to be cut or hewn or cleft or chopped or carved or mown or lopped or trimmed or pared or amputated or incised or operated or dug or sunk or written out or painted or constructed or capped or recited or flowed or done; to refute (যুক্তি কাটানো); to clear up (দোষ কাটানো); to pass or spend (সময় কাটানো); to sell (বাজারে মাল কা়টানো); to get over, to overcome (দুঃখ কাটানো, বিপদ কাটানো). দোষ কাটানো v. to absolve, to exculpate, to exonerate. কাটিয়ে ওঠা v. to get over, to overcome. 32)

(p. 262) kṣantabya pardonable, forgivable, excusable. 73)

(p. 262) kṣamā forgiveness; pardon; forbearance; tolerance. ক্ষমা করা v. to forgive; to pardon; to forbear; to excuse; to tolerate, to brook. ক্ষমা চাওয়া same as ক্ষমা প্রার্থনা করা । ক্ষমা দেওয়া v. to forbear; to desist (from). ̃গুণ n. the quality of forgiveness or forbearance or tolerance in man. ̃ধর্ম n. the doctrine of forgiveness or pardon or forbearance or tolerance (as enjoined for man). ̃পর, ̃পরায়ণ a. forgiving, tolerant, given to forgiveness or tolerance. fem. ̃পরায়ণা । ̃প্রার্থনা n. asking for forgiveness; begging pardon; an apology. ̃প্রার্থনা করা v. to ask for forgiveness, to beg pardon; to apologize. ̃প্রার্থী a. (one who is) asking for forgiveness or begging pardon or apologizing. ̃বান same as ̃পর । fem. ̃বতী । ̃ভিক্ষা same as ̃প্রার্থনা ̃শীল same as ̃পর । fem. ̃শীলা । ̃হীন a. unforgiving; unrelenting ক্ষমার্হ same as ক্ষম্য । 79)

(p. 262) kṣamya forgivable, pardonable; excusable. 81)

(p. 308) gu faeces, ordure, stool; dung, droppings. ̃খোরি, ̃খুরি n. an abominable deed; an inexcusable folly; a glaring or gross mistake, a blunder. 64)

(p. 375) chala deception, deceit, fraud; dissimulation; a hoax, a deceptive trick, a stratagem; course (কথাচ্ছলে); form, shape ('বৃষ্টিছলে মেঘ কাঁদে'); a beck ('কথা কয় ছলে'); a pretext, a pretence, a plea (প্রণামের ছলে, ক্রীড়াচ্ছলে); a fault or failing, a defect (ছল ধরা). ছল করা v. to hide one's real feelings, thoughts etc. to give a wrong idea of them, to feign. ছল ধরা v. to find fault with, to cavil. ছল পাতা v. to lay a trap. ̃চাতুরি n. fraud and deceit. ̃গ্রাহী a. fault-finding, cavilling. n. a faultfinder, a caviller. ̃ছুতো n. faults and pretexts, pretexts and pretences; a negligible fault or defect; excuses (to explain or defend one's conduct etc.) ছলেবলে adv. by force or fraud, by hook or by crook. 31)

(p. 522) dōṣa a sin; a vice; a guilt; a crime; an offence; a bad practice or tendency (ওই তার মহা দোষ); a weak point (esp. in one's character); a defect, a demerit; morbidity or derangement or weakness (চোখের দোষ, মাথার দোষ, বুকের দোষ); a blemish, a flaw, a fault, a lapse (দোষে পাওয়া); blame, calumny (দোষ দেওয়া); sinister influence (গ্রহের দোষ); inauspiciousness (যাত্রাকালে হাঁচি বড় দোষের). দোষ করা v. to commit a sin or crime or offence; to be in fault. দোষ খণ্ডানো v. to refute a charge; to free from a charge; (astrol.) to undo the sinister influence of a planet; to counteract inauspiciousness. ̃ক্ষালন n. exculpation; absolution; exoneration. দোষক্ষালন করা v. to exculpate; to absolve; to exonerate. দোষ খোঁজা v. to try to find fault with. দোষ ঘোচানো same as দোষ খন্ডানো । দোষ দেওয়া v. to accuse; to blame, to lay the blame on, to censure. দোষ দেখা, দোষ ধরা v. to notice a defect or fault in; to find fault with, to pick holes in; to take a fault into consideration, to count a fault against. ̃গ্রাহী a. given to faultfinding; captious. ̃জ্ঞ a. able to discern or distinguish merits and demerits. n. an erudite person; a physician. ̃দর্শন n. finding fault with; fault-finding. ̃দর্শী same as দোষগ্রাহী । ̃স্বীকার n. confession. দোষ স্বীকার করা v. to confess a fault or guilt or sin, to admit or acknowledge one's guilt. 8)

(p. 522) dōhāi meaning: in the name of, by, upon (ইশ্বরের দোহাই = by God. আমার সম্মানের দোহাই = upon my honour); please (দোহাই মহারাজ = please Your Majesty). n. an appeal for justice or support (রাজার দোহাই); an oath (দোহাই পাড়া ভালো নয়); a pretext or plea or excuse (রোগের দোহাই); a cause (বৃষ্টির দোহাই); swearing by a precedent (অতীতের দোহাই). দোহাই দেওয়া. দোহাই পাড়া v. to appeal to (for justice or support); to put forward as a pretext; to swear; to swear by a precedent. 25)

(p. 532) dhānāipānāi irrelevant talk or excuse. 77)

(p. 743) bāẏanākkā a detailed description, details; fastidiousness or capriciousness or unreasonable insistence about details; a pretext, an excuse. 51)

(p. 743) bāẏanā1 an insistent and unreasonable or capricious demand; pretext, an excuse. 49)

(p. 782) bēōjara admitting no excuse or protest (বেওজর হুকুম). adv. without excuse or protest (বেওজর খাটা). 43)

(p. 785) bēḍ়ānō to walk (for pleasure or exercise), to stroll, to promenade; to go on an excursion or tour. 22)

(p. 852) māpa1 pardon, excuse; remission; exemption. মাপ করা v. to pardon, to forgive, to excuse; to remit, to exempt. 134)

(p. 1006) sāphāi cleansing; exculpation, an exonerative explanation; vindication of innocence. সাফাই গাওয়া v. to plead innocence, to plead not guilty. সাফাই দেওয়া v. to advance arguments to vindicate one's innocence. সাফাই সাক্ষী a witness vindicating the innocence of the accused. 10)