Excusatory
1Excusatory — Ex*cus a*to*ry, a. Making or containing excuse or apology; apologetical; as, an excusatory plea. [1913 Webster] …
2excusatory — index palliative (excusing) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3excusatory — [ek skyo͞o′zə tôr΄ē, ik skyo͞o′zə tôr΄ē] adj. [ML excusatorius] of or containing an excuse or excuses; apologetic …
4excusatory — adjective Date: 1535 making or containing excuse …
5excusatory — /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] * * * …
6excusatory — adjective serving to make an excuse …
7excusatory — adj. expressing or presenting apology …
8excusatory — a. 1. Apologetical. 2. Vindicative, vindicatory, exculpatory, exonerative …
9excusatory — adj exculpatory, exonerative, vindicatory, vindicative; apologetic, justificatory; extenuating, mitigating …
10excusatory — ex·cus·ato·ry …