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excusatory

/ik-skyoo-zuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee/US // ɪkˈskyu zəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i //UK // (ɪkˈskjuːzətərɪ, -trɪ) //

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : serving or intended to excuse.

Examples

  • 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 really excusatory causes are such as are grounded in what is just, n. 472, 473.

  • “You have a happy disposition,” said Barbox Brothers: perhaps with a slight excusatory touch for his own disposition.

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

  • To this petition Jupiter's answer was excusatory, that all the places and offices of his house were bestowed.