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excusatory
[ ik-skyoo-zuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
excusatory
/ -trɪ; ɪkˈskjuːzətərɪ /
adjective
- tending to or intended to excuse; apologetic
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Word History and Origins
Origin of excusatory1
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Example Sentences
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.
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The really excusatory causes are such as are grounded in what is just, n. 472, 473.
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“You have a happy disposition,” said Barbox Brothers: perhaps with a slight excusatory touch for his own disposition.
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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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To this petition Jupiter's answer was excusatory, that all the places and offices of his house were bestowed.
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