The phrase "excuse his behavior" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used to explain or justify someone's actions, particularly if they have behaved inappropriately or offensively. Example: I apologize for my colleague's rudeness in the meeting. We had a long day and he was under a lot of stress, but that is no excuse for his behavior.
But that doesn't excuse his behavior; he knows how badly you were hurt.
Mr. Torricelli can't excuse his behavior, but by discussing it frankly he might at least give the voters some assurance that he has faced up to his misbehavior, and changed his ways.
As Jessica Walter explains through tears that she's never been treated in sixty years of working the way that Tambor treated her, her male costars (most notably Jason Bateman) went on to defend Tambor and excuse his behavior.
Does that excuse his behavior?
I understand that Mr. O'Neal was trying to be funny -- but that cannot excuse his behavior.
Of course, the fact that he donated $90,000 more than asked doesn't excuse his behavior at all, but we'll give him credit for trying. .
Far from cowering in guilt and begging forgiveness, this insensitive, self-pitying lout excuses his behavior by whining that Ida's illness hasn't been easy for him, either.
Many people might read this and believe that I'm excusing his behavior, and nothing could be farther from the truth.
We've already established that we're not excusing his behavior, but if you're going to post that as your defense here, please tell us more about all the good you do.
Thereafter, Polanski gave an interview in which he excused his behavior by saying that his ephebophilic urges were universal to men: "Everyone wants to fuck young girls," he told his interviewer, probably adding to the court's concern that his behavior was continuing and would continue.
Polanski's apologists have many reasons among them, from excusing his behavior as a result of his wife's brutal murder to his history as a Holocaust survivor to blaming the victim, her mother, or a legal system that left something to be desired.
