excusativeadj.
/ɛkˈskjuːzətɪv/ rare.
Tending to excuse.
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excusatory1535
excusive1606
excusing1657
excusative1865
1865 Reader 20 May 571/2 The excusative-censorial style, in which there is neither just praise nor honest blame.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1865- bitter-sweeting
- bitter-tasted
- bitter-vetch
- bitter-weed
- bitter-well
- bitter-wood
- bitter-wort
- bitterapple
- bitterash
- bitterbiting
- bitterblain
- bitterblessed
- bittercress
- bittercresses
- bittercucumber
- bittercup
- bitterdamson
- bittered
- bitterender
- bitterenderism
- bitterenders
- bitterer
- bitterest
- bitterfitch
- bitterful