excusatory
excusatory adjective: serving to make an excuse.
Adjective
excusatory (comparative more excusatory, superlative most excusatory)
- serving to make an excuse
- General Grant to Halleck, in an excusatory and exculpatory letter (May 7th), as to the disaster on his right, said: "Milroy's old brigade was attacked and gave way in great confusion, almost without resistance, carrying good troops with them."1900, Joseph Warren Keifer, Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2
- Before entering another (middle- or lower-class) native's house, he is very complimentary, and sometimes three minutes' polite excusatory dialogue is exchanged between the visitor and the native visited before the former passes the threshold.1906, John Foreman, The Philippine Islands
Forms of excusatory
| comparative | more excusatory |
|---|---|
| superlative | most excusatory |
Questions about excusatory
- What does excusatory mean?
- Excusatory means serving to make an excuse.
- What part of speech is excusatory?
- Excusatory is an adjective.
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