excusatory
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of excusatory
1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin excūsātōrius, equivalent to Late Latin excūsā ( re ) to excuse + -tōrius -tory 1
Example Sentences
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The really excusatory causes are such as are grounded in what is just, n.
From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel
And for once Dorothy dropped her excusatory attitude towards her friend.
From A Crooked Mile by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
X. 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.
From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel
That this is the case, I have heard from communication with some in the spiritual world, even from kings there, who in the natural world had engaged in concubinage from really excusatory causes.
From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel
Of the excusatory causes of this concubinage some are real and some not, n.
From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel
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