excusable
/ɪkˈsjuːzəb(ə)l
/ /ɛkˈsjuːzəb(ə)l/adjective
Able to be justified or forgiven; forgivable: the error is excusable...
- That does not make evil excusable or justifiable.
- Not excusable, but understandable considering the reputation the Liverpool fans had acquired.
- Diversions from your normal routine are excusable only if they rarely occur, provided they make you work harder.
Synonyms
forgivable, pardonable, defensible, justifiable, condonable, understandable, explainable;
venial
Derivatives
excusably
/ /ɛkˈskjuːzəbli / adverb ...- More excusably, Albert Costa, the surprise French Open champion, will not be venturing to Blighty - the Spaniard is on his honeymoon.
- I hadn't noticed them the first day, but was probably excusably tired from my flight.
- I was excusably reluctant to place myself within reach of a cutthroat.
- sep.
- sepal
- separability
- separable
- separableness
- separably
- separate
- separate but equal
- separately
- separateness
- separate (or sort out) the men from the boys
- separate (or sort) the wheat from the chaff
- separate school
- separate the men from the boys
- pectineal
- pectinesterase
- pectineus
- pectinibranch
- pectinic acid
- pectinid
- pectiniform
- pectinirhomb
- pectinmethylesterase
- pectinoid
- pectinolytic