Meanings
comparative more pardonable · superlative most pardonable
- Capable of being pardoned; worthy of pardon.
Perhaps they set out to do too much, a more pardonable offence than doing too little.
1951 July, “Notes and News: Recalling 160 Years”, in Railway Magazine, page 492Synonyms: forgivable, excusable, venial
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCapable of being pardoned; worthy of pardon.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveadmitting of being pardoned
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Back-formation from unpardonable, equivalent to pardon + -able.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian простим
- простим (prostim)capable of being pardoned
Chinese Mandarin 可原諒的 /可原谅的
- 可原諒的 /可原谅的 (kě yuánliàng de)capable of being pardoned
Esperanto pardonebla
- pardoneblacapable of being pardoned
French pardonnable
- pardonnablecapable of being pardoned
German pardonabel
- pardonabelcapable of being pardoned
Hindi क्षम्य
- क्षम्य (kṣamya)capable of being pardoned
Icelandic fyrirgefanlegur
- fyrirgefanlegurcapable of being pardoned
Malay boleh dimaafkan
- boleh dimaafkancapable of being pardoned
Polish wybaczalny
- wybaczalnycapable of being pardoned
Portuguese perdoável
- perdoávelcapable of being pardoned
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Cite this entry
pardonable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pardonable
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