Excusable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  excusable
       adj 1: capable of being overlooked [ant: {inexcusable}]
       2: easily excused or forgiven; "a venial error" [syn: {forgivable},
           {venial}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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