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