excusatory

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

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

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How to use excusatory in a sentence

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
The really excusatory causes are such as are grounded in what is just, n. 472, 473.
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love | Emanuel Swedenborg
“You have a happy disposition,” said Barbox Brothers: perhaps with a slight excusatory touch for his own disposition.
Mugby Junction | Charles Dickens
One sees a twinge of conscience in the clause in parentheses, as excusatory of themselves to posterity.
Women of America | John Rouse Larus
To this petition Jupiter's answer was excusatory, that all the places and offices of his house were bestowed.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. | Francois Rabelais

British Dictionary definitions for excusatory

excusatory

/ (ɪkˈskjuːzətərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

tending to or intended to excuse; apologetic

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