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excusable, a.|ɛkˈskjuːzəb(ə)l|
Also 5 excusabil, 6–7 excuseable.
[a. Fr. excusable, ad. L. excūsābilis, f. excūsāre: see excuse v.]
1. Of a person: Deserving to be excused; that may be excused or acquitted. † Const. of.
1393Gower Conf. I. 76 If any man forswey Through hem, they be nought excusable. c1440Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) ii. xviii, They are somwhat excusable for her astate of lyuynge. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 336 Daily..remembraunce of your goodnesse..shall pleade me excusable of unthanckfulnesse. c1645Howell Lett. (1650) I. 340 Those are the excuseablest kind [of pagans] who adore the sun and moon, with the host of heaven. 1743H. Walpole Lett. H. Mann (1834) I. lxx. 254, I don't sell you my news and therefore should not be excusable to invent. 1786Burke W. Hastings Wks. 1842 II. 155 That the said Warren Hastings was the less excusable in this.
2. Of actions, conduct, etc.: Admitting of excuse or palliation. excusable homicide (see quot. 1769).
c1374Chaucer Troylus iii. 981 Som manere Ialousye Is excusable more þan som. 1460J. Capgrave Chron. 281 And that her rebellion schuld be more excusabil. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iii. xxii. (1634) 460 Dallying by shifts is never excusable. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. vii. 26 With more excusable reservation may we shrink at their bare testimonies. 1709Addison Tatler No. 121 ⁋4 The only Extravagance of this Kind which appears to me excusable. 1769Blackstone Comm. IV. xiv. 182 Excusable homicide is of two sorts; either per infortunium, by misadventure; or se defendendo, upon a principle of self-preservation. Ibid. 183 Homicide in self-defence..is also excusable, rather than justifiable, by the English law. 1825Lytton Falkland 29 Emily felt a strong yet excusable curiosity. |