Interjection

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

Interjection

may I come in?

Honorific; Common noun

permission; leave; license

Honorific; Common noun

dismissal; discharge

Common noun; Usu. as 〜はごめんだ

not wanting; objecting to; being fed up with; wishing to avoid

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from

to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert; to elude; to be exempted from

license; licence; permission; permit; certificate

As ...に免じて

in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake

immunity; immunization; immunisation

being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)

exemption; exoneration; discharge

may I come in?

Polite

please forgive me; I'm sorry

Christianity

indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); pardon

excuse; justification; rationalization

Colloquial

making amends for a previous misdoing

dismissal (from one's post); firing; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a duty

discarding; throwing away; becoming useless