Excusatory (Adjective)
Meaning
Offering or expressing apology; "an apologetic note"; "an apologetic manner".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- She wrote an excusatory letter to the client, explaining the reasons for the delayed delivery of the project.
- The company's excusatory statement issued after the scandal came across as insincere to many of their loyal customers.
- His excusatory tone made me suspicious of his real intentions behind borrowing the car without asking permission.
- In a remarkable excusatory move, the government released a formal statement regretting its involvement in the unfair treatment of protesters.
- She presented an excusatory gesture of handing a box of cookies to the next-door neighbors whose noise she had previously complained about.