Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • That may be forgiven; pardonable.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being forgiven; pardonable; venial.

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  • adjective Able to be forgiven; excusable

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective easily excused or forgiven

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Examples

  • 'Deliberate cruelty is not forgivable' yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = '\'Deliberate cruelty is not forgivable\' '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist used to lure stray cats into his home, feed them, pet them, then operate on them.

    'Deliberate cruelty is not forgivable' 2006

  • Less forgivable is the increasingly heavy-handed use of parallel patients: the woman uncomfortable in her own skin, the man whose left and right brains are at war.

    Season finale frenzy: 'House' 2009

  • The Finishing School — surely forgivable from a writer of Spark's advanced seniority — seems not quite finished.

    The Prime of Ms. Muriel Spark 2004

  • The Finishing School — surely forgivable from a writer of Spark's advanced seniority — seems not quite finished.

    The Prime of Ms. Muriel Spark 2004

  • It seems that James Carville for reasons his fellow mental captives will call forgivable, seems to have repeatedly hoped President Bush would fail.

    ¡No Pasarán! 2009

  • The first set had, like, three cuts, but since Paramount had to clear all of the Frank Zappa stuff in addition to the music they did retain, that's kind of forgivable and understandable.

    Duck-Cuts Jaime J. Weinman 2009

  • Another practice employed by FTI, doling out "forgivable" loans, is far less common in corporate America.

    Is FTI Consulting 2008

  • So it's kind of forgivable because it's not with malicious intent, it's just out of ignorance.

    CNN Transcript Oct 3, 2007 2007

  • But those are the kind of forgivable -- we should all be so -- remember names as well when we're -- when we're 93.

    The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory & the American Revolution 1999

  • First - this is the "forgivable" part - there's no joint for wrist articulation.

    Anime Nano! 2010

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