excusatory
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of excusatory
1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin excūsātōrius, equivalent to Late Latin excūsā ( re ) to excuse + -tōrius -tory 1
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And for once Dorothy dropped her excusatory attitude towards her friend.
From A Crooked Mile by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
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, n.
From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Emanuel Swedenborg
Probably you will hear of my excusatory reply.
From Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 2 from Rome to the End by Constance Bache
Of the excusatory causes of this concubinage some are real and some not, n.
From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Emanuel Swedenborg
One sees a twinge of conscience in the clause in parentheses, as excusatory of themselves to posterity.
From Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) by John Rouse Larus
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