Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being pardoned or forgiven; not requiring the execution of penalty or the infliction of censure; venial: applied to either offense or offender.
- Synonyms Excusable, etc. See
venial .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Admitting of pardon; not requiring the excution of penalty; venial; excusable; -- applied to the offense or to the offender.
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- adjective Capable of being
pardoned .
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- adjective admitting of being pardoned
Etymologies
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Examples
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Less pardonable is the reduction of Lincoln's complex politics to fuzzy psychological concepts like "growth," transforming the story of what was indeed a fiery political trial into a therapeutic fairy tale.
The Path To Proclamation Allen C. Guelzo 2010
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Is there a deception in the novel that you consider more "pardonable" than the others?
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I was rather glad he did go, for I felt that the village was rather dull for such a brilliant young fellow; and I had a kind of pardonable pride in thinking that he would be fully competent to meet on their own level any pretentious people that might stray hither from more civilized centres.
My New Curate P.A. Sheehan
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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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How does the theme of telling "pardonable lies" figure into that?
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What is pardonable are individual acts, not mass murder.
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The fact of the matter is that an innocent person's freedom is not negotiable or pardonable.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: Birtukan Unbound! Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010
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She was conscious of a great and pardonable curiosity, of a frank out-reaching for fuller knowledge.
CHAPTER 9 2010
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The fact of the matter is that an innocent person's freedom is not negotiable or pardonable.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: Birtukan Unbound! Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010
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The fact of the matter is that an innocent person's freedom is not negotiable or pardonable.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: Birtukan Unbound! Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010
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