excuse oneself

Millennials, meanwhile, play mobile video games at a rate higher than any other generation — yes, even more than Gen Z. Yet the cell phone play-devices are already so inescapable in our working lives that the phrase "social media detox" has become the only polite way to excuse oneself from the repeated physical stress responses the phones deliver.

The easy solution is to excuse oneself from the table and talk to a manager out of view.

But it was not easy to excuse oneself to Jeremy; his discernments were keen.

I came to the conclusion that had I won I should have been rather pleased with myself, it is so easy to excuse oneself for winning money, while losing it seems to be foolishly immoral.

Nani no ca no, and nanto xite, cato xite are ways to excuse oneself.