excusatory

[ ik-skyoo-zuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

/ ɪkˈskyu zəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

adjective

serving or intended to excuse.

Origin of excusatory

1400–50; late Middle English <Medieval Latin excūsātōrius, equivalent to Late Latin excūsā(re) to excuse + -tōrius-tory¹

Words nearby excusatory

excursion ticket, excursive, excursus, excurvature, excurved, excusatory, excuse, excuse-me, excuss, excussio, excycloduction

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Example sentences from the Web for excusatory

And for once Dorothy dropped her excusatory attitude towards her friend.
Gray youth|Oliver Onions
Of the excusatory causes of this concubinage some are real and some not.
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love|Emanuel Swedenborg
One sees a twinge of conscience in the clause in parentheses, as excusatory of themselves to posterity.
Women of America|John Rouse Larus
Turn in, and look at it, for the sight is well worth a cup of excusatory cyder.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb|Charles Lamb

The excusatory causes which are not real are such as are not grounded in what is just, although in the appearance of what is just.
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love|Emanuel Swedenborg

British Dictionary definitions for excusatory

excusatory

/ (ɪkˈskjuːzətərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

tending to or intended to excuse; apologetic

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单词	excusatory
释义	excusatory [ ik-skyoo-zuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ] / ɪkˈskyu zəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i / adjective serving or intended to excuse. Origin of excusatory 1400–50; late Middle English <Medieval Latin excūsātōrius, equivalent to Late Latin excūsā(re) to excuse + -tōrius-tory¹ Words nearby excusatory excursion ticket, excursive, excursus, excurvature, excurved, excusatory, excuse, excuse-me, excuss, excussio, excycloduction Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for excusatory And for once Dorothy dropped her excusatory attitude towards her friend. Gray youth\|Oliver Onions Of the excusatory causes of this concubinage some are real and some not. The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love\|Emanuel Swedenborg One sees a twinge of conscience in the clause in parentheses, as excusatory of themselves to posterity. Women of America\|John Rouse Larus Turn in, and look at it, for the sight is well worth a cup of excusatory cyder. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb\|Charles Lamb The excusatory causes which are not real are such as are not grounded in what is just, although in the appearance of what is just. The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love\|Emanuel Swedenborg British Dictionary definitions for excusatory excusatory / (ɪkˈskjuːzətərɪ, -trɪ) / adjective tending to or intended to excuse; apologetic Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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