Search Result for "excusable":
Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. capable of being overlooked;
2. easily excused or forgiven;
- Example: "a venial error"
[syn: excusable, forgivable, venial]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Excusable \Ex*cus"a*ble\a. [L. excusabilis: cf. F. excusable. See Excuse.] That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action. -- Ex*cus"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ex*cus"a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster] The excusableness of my dissatisfaction. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "excusable": admissible, allowable, condonable, defensible, dispensable, exemptible, expiable, forgivable, inoffensive, justifiable, legitimate, pardonable, reasonable, remissible, tenable, unobjectionable, venial, vindicable, warrantable
