Excusation
/ˌɛkskjuˈzeɪʃən/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of offering an excuse or apology, or the fact of being excused; an excuse, a defence. obsolete
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French excusation, from Latin excūsātiō, from excūsō (“I excuse”).