Term: excuse: a note explaining an absence
Candidate hypernym: communication: something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups → 1
Candidate hypernym: shock: a bushy thick mass (especially hair) → 0
Candidate hypernym: die: a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers → 0
Candidate hypernym: german iris: a large iris with purple or white flowers, native to central and southern Europe → 0
Candidate hypernym: rip: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart → 0
Candidate hypernym: educational institution: an institution dedicated to education → 0
Candidate hypernym: chaos: (physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions → 0
Candidate hypernym: pentathlete: an athlete who competes in a pentathlon → 0
Candidate hypernym: fish-liver oil: a fatty oil obtained from the livers of various fish → 0
Candidate hypernym: valedictorian: the student with the best grades who usually delivers the valedictory address at commencement → 0
Candidate hypernym: interval: a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints → 0