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excusatory

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

adjective

  1. serving or intended to excuse.


excusatory

/ -trɪ; ɪkˈskjuËzÉ™tÉ™rɪ /

adjective

  1. tending to or intended to excuse; apologetic
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of excusatory1

1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin ±ð³æ³¦Å«²õÄå³ÙÅ°ù¾±³Ü²õ, equivalent to Late Latin ±ð³æ³¦Å«²õÄå ( re ) to excuse + -³ÙÅ°ù¾±³Ü²õ -tory 1
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Example Sentences

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And for once Dorothy dropped her excusatory attitude towards her friend.

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One sees a twinge of conscience in the clause in parentheses, as excusatory of themselves to posterity.

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With such a rectifying or excusatory phrase as "God knows best" one can hazard all.

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That this concubinage is not repugnant to conjugial love, follows from what was proved above; that such concubinage, when engaged in from causes legitimate, just, and really excusatory, is not unlawful, n. 467-473.

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Substance of a letter excusatory from Mr. Lovelace.

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