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/ik skyooh"zeuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj.serving or intended to excuse.[1400-50; late ME < ML excusatorius, equiv. to LL excusa(re) to EXCUSE + -torius -TORY1]
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Excusatory — Ex*cus a*to*ry, a. Making or containing excuse or apology; apologetical; as, an excusatory plea. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
excusatory — index palliative (excusing) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
excusatory — [ek skyo͞o′zə tôr΄ē, ik skyo͞o′zə tôr΄ē] adj. [ML excusatorius] of or containing an excuse or excuses; apologetic … English World dictionary
excusatory — adjective Date: 1535 making or containing excuse … New Collegiate Dictionary
excusatory — adjective serving to make an excuse … Wiktionary
excusatory — adj. expressing or presenting apology … English contemporary dictionary
excusatory — a. 1. Apologetical. 2. Vindicative, vindicatory, exculpatory, exonerative … New dictionary of synonyms
excusatory — adj exculpatory, exonerative, vindicatory, vindicative; apologetic, justificatory; extenuating, mitigating … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
excusatory — ex·cus·ato·ry … English syllables
excusatory — ex•cus•a•to•ry [[t]ɪkˈskyu zəˌtɔr i, ˌtoʊr i[/t]] adj. serving or intended to excuse • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < ML … From formal English to slang
