Greek-English translations for πρόφαση

• excuse
  I excused him his transgressions.
  May I be excused from the table?
  I excused myself from the proceedings to think over what Id heard.
• pretext
  However, this problem cannot be a pretext for creating other, larger ones. Ωστόσο, αυτό το πρόβλημα δεν μπορεί να αποτελεί πρόφαση για τη δημιουργία άλλων, μεγαλύτερων.
  The reporter called the company on the pretext of trying to resolve a consumer complaint.
  The spy obtained his phone records using possibly-illegal pretexting methods.
• prophase