Excusable
[ɪk'sjuːzəb(ə)l;ek-] or [ɪk'skjuzəbl]
Definition
(adj.) easily excused or forgiven; 'a venial error' .
(adj.) capable of being overlooked .
Edited by Josie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action.
Edited by Gertrude
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Pardonable, venial.
Typed by Blanche
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Justifiable, venal, pardonable
ANT:Inexcusable, unpardonable
Editor: Stu
Examples
- Now all this is very natural in students of philosophy such as I have described, and also, as I was just now saying, most excusable. Plato. The Republic.
- My mistake is excusable, said Will. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It was just after Corbett had won one of his big battles as a prize-fighter, and the dismay of his opponent was excusable. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Selfish in Sloppy, and yet excusable, it may be humbly hoped, because our sister had been more than his mother. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But it was excusable in him, that he should forget part of an order, in his present wearied condition. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It may make many things intelligible and excusable which now are not to be understood. Jane Austen. Emma.
- We are excusable for getting a little tangled as to time. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Editor: Stu