Term: excuse: a note explaining an absence
Candidate hypernym: note: a short personal letter → 1
Candidate hypernym: transmission mechanism: any mechanism whereby an infectious agent is spread from a reservoir to a human being → 0
Candidate hypernym: surpriser: a captor who uses surprise to capture the victim → 0
Candidate hypernym: iguanodontidae: iguanodons → 0
Candidate hypernym: whereabouts: the general location where something is → 0
Candidate hypernym: human botfly: large tropical American fly; parasitic on humans and other mammals → 0
Candidate hypernym: coastal plain: a plain adjacent to a coast → 0
Candidate hypernym: amur privet: eastern Asian shrub cultivated especially for its persistent foliage → 0
Candidate hypernym: portraitist: a painter or drawer of portraits → 0
Candidate hypernym: messiahship: the position of messiah → 0
Candidate hypernym: monday: the second day of the week; the first working day → 0