excusatory

1. 1.

   offering or expressing apology

   “an apologetic note”

   “an apologetic manner”

   Synonymsapologetic

   Similardefensiveself-deprecating

Questions about excusatory

What does excusatory mean?

excusatory means "offering or expressing apology".

How many syllables are in excusatory?

excusatory has 5 syllables: ex-cu-sa-to-ry. The stress falls on "sa".

What is another word for excusatory?

Close synonyms include apologetic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is excusatory a common word?

excusatory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.