LINK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST. noun. The definition of availability is whether someone or something can be accessed or used. An example of availability is when a classmate can meet to discuss a project on a certain date.
excuse - a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; he kept finding excuses to stay; every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job; his transparent self-justification was unacceptable
excuse (third-person singular simple present excuses, present participle excusing, simple past and past participle excused) ( 1 transitive) To forgive; to pardon. ( 2 transitive) To allow to leave. ( 3 transitive) To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement.