excusableadj.

/ɛkˈskjuːzəb(ə)l/

Forms: Also Middle English excusabil, 1500s–1600s excuseable.

Etymology: < French excusable, < Latin excūsābilis , < excūsāre : see excuse v.

1. Of a person: Deserving to be excused; that may be excused or acquitted. †Const. of.

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1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 76 If any man forswey Through hem, they be nought excusable.

c1440 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) ii. xviii They are somwhat excusable for her astate of lyuynge.

1576 A. Fleming tr. P. Manutius in Panoplie Epist. 336 Daily..remembraunce of your goodnesse..shall pleade me excusable of unthanckfulnesse.

1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 39 Those are the excusablest kind [of pagans] who adore the Sun and moon with the Host of Heaven.

1743 H. Walpole Let. 14 Apr. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) I. 266 I don't sell you my news, and therefore should not be excusable to invent.

1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings in 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. 1769¹).

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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [adjective] > excusable

excusablec1374

veniable1646

ignoscible1656

venial1806

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 981 Som manere Ialousye Is excusable more þan som.

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 221 And þat her rebellion schuld be more excusabil.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) iii. xxii. 460 Dallying by shifts is never excusable.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. vii. 26 With more excusable reservation may we shrink at their bare testimonies.

1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 121. ⁋4 The only Extravagance of this Kind which appears to me excusable.

1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xiv. 182 Excusable homicide is of two sorts; either per infortunium, by misadventure; or se defendendo, upon a principle of self-preservation.

1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xiv. 183 Homicide in self-defence..is also excusable, rather than justifiable, by the English law.

1825 E. Bulwer-Lytton Falkland 29 Emily felt a strong yet excusable curiosity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	excusable
释义	excusableadj. /ɛkˈskjuːzəb(ə)l/ Forms: Also Middle English excusabil, 1500s–1600s excuseable. Etymology: < French excusable, < Latin excūsābilis , < excūsāre : see excuse v. 1. Of a person: Deserving to be excused; that may be excused or acquitted. †Const. of. ΚΠ 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 76 If any man forswey Through hem, they be nought excusable. c1440 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) ii. xviii They are somwhat excusable for her astate of lyuynge. 1576 A. Fleming tr. P. Manutius in Panoplie Epist. 336 Daily..remembraunce of your goodnesse..shall pleade me excusable of unthanckfulnesse. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 39 Those are the excusablest kind [of pagans] who adore the Sun and moon with the Host of Heaven. 1743 H. Walpole Let. 14 Apr. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) I. 266 I don't sell you my news, and therefore should not be excusable to invent. 1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings in 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. 1769¹). ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [adjective] > excusable excusablec1374 veniable1646 ignoscible1656 venial1806 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 981 Som manere Ialousye Is excusable more þan som. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 221 And þat her rebellion schuld be more excusabil. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) iii. xxii. 460 Dallying by shifts is never excusable. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. vii. 26 With more excusable reservation may we shrink at their bare testimonies. View more context for this quotation 1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 121. ⁋4 The only Extravagance of this Kind which appears to me excusable. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xiv. 182 Excusable homicide is of two sorts; either per infortunium, by misadventure; or se defendendo, upon a principle of self-preservation. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xiv. 183 Homicide in self-defence..is also excusable, rather than justifiable, by the English law. 1825 E. Bulwer-Lytton Falkland 29 Emily felt a strong yet excusable curiosity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1374
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