excusation

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/ˌɛkskjuˈzeɪʃən/

noun

The act of offering an excuse or apology, or the fact of being excused; an excuse, a defence.

OriginMiddle French excusation ← Latin excūsātiō →
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Meanings

nounexcusation (plural excusations)

plural excusations

  1. obsoleteThe act of offering an excuse or apology, or the fact of being excused; an excuse, a defence.

    And his goodness is to be admired, that it refuted not his argument in the punishment of his excusation, and only pursued the first transgression without a penalty of this the second.

    1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.2

Origin

  1. Latinexcūsātiō
  2. Middle Frenchexcusation
  3. Englishexcusation

Borrowed from Middle French excusation, from Latin excūsātiō, from excūsō (“to excuse”).

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APA

excusation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excusation

MLA

“excusation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excusation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “excusation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excusation.

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