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excusive

excusive adjective: serving as an excuse; exculpatory.

Adjective

excusive (comparative more excusive, superlative most excusive)

  1. Serving as an excuse; exculpatory.
    • [D]oes military necessity accept or justify prima facie unlawful conduct, or excuse those responsible? A related issue, though not addressed here, is whether necessity and military necessity are two distinct notions under international humanitarian law and, if so, whether the former performs...2013, Alexander Mikaberidze, Atrocities, Massacres, and War Crimes: An Encyclopedia, page 451

Forms of excusive

comparativemore excusive
superlativemost excusive

Questions about excusive

What does excusive mean?
Excusive means serving as an excuse; exculpatory.
What part of speech is excusive?
Excusive is an adjective.

Words near excusive in the dictionary

  1. excusing
  2. excusing my French
  3. excusingly
  4. excusings
  5. excusion
  6. excusive
  7. excuss
  8. excussed
  9. excusses
  10. excussing
  11. excussion

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