excusatory

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

serving or intended to excuse.

excusatory

/ -trɪ, ɪkˈskjuːzətərɪ /

adjective

tending to or intended to excuse; apologetic

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Word History and Origins

Origin of excusatory¹

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