8-Letter Words with _,_,C,E,G,I,N,U

• a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

• a note explaining an absence

• a poor example

• accept an excuse for

• grant exemption or release to

• serve as a reason or cause or justification of

• defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

• ask for permission to be released from an engagement

• excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with

• To deceive or outwit.

• reason by deduction; establish by deduction

• conclude by reasoning; in logic

• To refine by means of a cupel.

• something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

• the act of guiding or showing the way

• the act of setting and holding a course

• any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

• loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer

• induce to have sex

• lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct

• recovery or preservation from loss or danger

• free from harm or evil

• take forcibly from legal custody

• the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating)