pardonable

3 definitions found

pardonable - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pardonable \Par"don*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. pardonnable.]
     Admitting of pardon; not requiring the excution of penalty;
     venial; excusable; -- applied to the offense or to the
     offender; as, a pardonable fault, or culprit.
     [1913 Webster]

pardonable - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pardonable
      adj 1: admitting of being pardoned [ant: unpardonable]

pardonable - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "pardonable":
     admissible, allowable, condonable, defensible, dispensable,
     excusable, exemptible, expiable, forgivable, inoffensive,
     justifiable, legitimate, reasonable, remissible, unobjectionable,
     venial, vindicable, warrantable