单词 | self-excusing |
释义 | > as lemmasself-excusing self-excusing n. Brit. , U.S. , ΚΠ 1689 R. Baxter Eng. Nonconformity 291 Multitudes of them are hardened already by this seeming necessity into self-excusing, and a custom of neglecting all publick Worship. 1755 Let. 4 Jan. in J. Gillies App. to Hist. Coll. (1765) xii. 92 I have scarcely heard such a thing as self-excusing from one of them. 1828 Delaware Advertiser 11 Dec. Such is the self-excusing of many a careless creditor. 1904 New Cent. Path 26 June 18/1 If they do not do any self-excusing or self-justifying, and keep their eyes upon the ideal, they..will attain it. 2004 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 15 Feb. 26 His buck-passing and self-excusing. < as lemmas |
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