forgivable

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adjective

Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.

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Meanings

adjectiveforgivable (comparative more forgivable, superlative most forgivable)

comparative more forgivable · superlative most forgivable

  1. Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.

    In retrospect, the misunderstanding about the plan was forgivable […]

    2016, Jessi Klein, You'll Grow Out of It, Hachette UK, →ISBN
    1 more example

    It's even forgivable here when the band sometimes sounds as though they've phoned in the Stonesy swagger, because when they're on, the Hellacopters sound like the best garage rock/bar band in the world.

    2004, CMJ New Music Report, number 872, page 6

    Synonyms: excusable, pardonable, venial, remissable · Antonyms: unforgivable, unvenial

  2. not comparablebusinessOf a loan, or a portion of it: such that repayment may be deferred for a period, or canceled, by the lender, if the borrower meets certain obligations.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveAble to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.

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More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveeasily excused or forgiven

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From forgive + -able. Partially displaced non-native Middle English pardonable (“capable of being pardoned, forgivable”) from Old French pardonable (“forgivable”).

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Translations

Bulgarian простим
  • простим (prostim)able to be forgiven
Danish tilgivelig
  • tilgiveligable to be forgiven
Dutch vergeeflijk
  • vergeeflijkable to be forgiven
Esperanto pardonebla
  • pardoneblaable to be forgiven
Finnish anteeksiannettava
  • anteeksiannettavaable to be forgiven
French pardonnable, excusable
  • pardonnableable to be forgiven
  • excusableable to be forgiven
  • vénielable to be forgiven
German verzeihlich
  • verzeihlichable to be forgiven
Norwegian Bokmål tilgivelig
  • tilgiveligable to be forgiven
Polish wybaczalny
  • wybaczalnyable to be forgiven
Portuguese perdoável
  • perdoávelable to be forgiven
Romanian iertabil, scuzabil
  • iertabilable to be forgiven
  • scuzabilable to be forgiven
Russian прости́тельный
  • прости́тельный (prostítelʹnyj)able to be forgiven
Swedish förlåtlig
  • förlåtligable to be forgiven
Cite this entry
APA

forgivable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forgivable

MLA

“forgivable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forgivable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forgivable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forgivable.

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