forgivable

adjective

Definition of forgivablenext
as in excusable
worthy of forgiveness accidentally spilling your coffee on my newspaper is certainly a forgivable mishap

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Recent Examples of forgivable But the familiarity of the fantasy elements and the brusqueness with which they’re treated would be forgivable if Wildwood did a better job exploring how the real world connects to the magical side of the story. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026 Yet the final episode opens with another interview segment; those segments keep interrupting the action, which is a bit frustrating but forgivable. — ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026 In so doing, Herzog is nodding to the past, but also signaling to soldiers on the ground today that killing a Palestinian is forgivable. — Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026 During 2020 and 2021, federal funding was flowing intononprofits through the PPP forgivable loans and other programs. — Phil Buchanan, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026 Ohio State’s loss is more forgivable and the odds to make the CFP reflect that. — Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 His resistance toward the transfer portal would be more forgivable if Swinney was still landing top-five recruiting classes, but that isn't the reality anymore. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026 Strain through a fine-mesh strainer set over a measuring cup, firmly pressing against the solids with the back of a spoon to extract as much flavor as possible (a little tea in the cream is forgivable). — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026 And a Kansas loan for certain medical students can be forgivable, Moultrie said. — Annie Nova, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forgivable
  1. excusable
  2. justifiable
  3. pardonable
Adjective
  • Losing instate five-stars to Florida (Royal), Alabama (quarterback Elijah Haven), and Notre Dame (o-lineman Albert Simien) is painful but excusable.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The assertion that an assault is excusable—or simply did not happen—because a perpetrator failed to recognize his victim strips women of their fundamental humanity.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of excusable
Adjective
  • The violence against law enforcement and serious damage to the city are not justifiable.
    — Tyler Speicher, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • But if the ironic remove of his comic voice was part of what allowed Macdonald to speak so many uncomfortable truths, Apatow creating a remove of his own is justifiable.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of justifiable
Adjective
  • But in this instance, the breach is entirely pardonable, because these two men, Jun and Arthur, have just gotten married.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
  • All this is to say that any excesses of enthusiasm for Friday (and Thursday) might seem pardonable, although each day reached the thermal pinnacle of the 80s.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
Definition of pardonable

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“Forgivable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forgivable. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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