Hypertext Webster Gateway: "excusable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
The excusableness of my dissatisfaction. --Boyle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
excusable
adj 1: capable of being overlooked [ant: {inexcusable}]
2: easily excused or forgiven; "a venial error" [syn: {forgivable},
{venial}]
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