Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PARDONABLE

a.That may be pardoned; applied to persons. The offender is pardonable. 1. Venial; excusable; that may be forgiven, overlooked or passed by; applied to things; as a pardonable offense.

 

PARDONABLENESS

n.The quality of being pardonable; venialness; susceptibility of forgiveness; as the pardonableness of sin.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PARDONABLE

Par "don *a *ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. pardonnable. ]

 

Defn: Admitting of pardon; not requiring the excution of penalty; venial; excusable; -- applied to the offense or to the offender; as, a pardonable fault, or culprit.

 

PARDONABLENESS

PARDONABLENESS Par "don *a *ble *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being pardonable; as, the pardonableness of sin. Bp. Hall.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pardonable

par don a ble |ˈpärdn -əbəl ˈpɑːrdnəbl | ▶adjective able to be forgiven; excusable: no mistake, even a tiny one, is pardonable. DERIVATIVES par don a bly |-əblē |adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

pardonable

par ¦don |able |ˈpɑːd (ə )nəbl | ▶adjective able to be forgiven; excusable: no mistake, even a tiny one, is pardonable. DERIVATIVES pardonably adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

pardonable

pardonable adjective a pardonable offense: excusable, forgivable, condonable, understandable, minor, venial, slight. ANTONYMS inexcusable.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

pardonable

pardonable adjective a pardonable error: excusable, forgivable, allowable, condonable, understandable, minor, slight, venial, not serious, permissible. ANTONYMS inexcusable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pardonable

par don a ble /pɑ́ː r d (ə )nəb (ə )l /形容詞 許される, 容赦できる, 無理もない .p á r don a bly 副詞 許される程度に .