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, condone, pardon, forgive mean to exact neither punishment nor redress. excuse may refer to specific acts especially in social or conventional situations or the person responsible for these excuse an interruption excused them for interrupting.