Pardonable
['pɑrdnəbl]
Definition
(a.) 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.
Editor: Nita
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Excusable, venial, that may be pardoned.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Venial, excusable
ANT:Inexcusable, unpardonable
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Examples
- Nevertheless, Mrs Plornish, with a pardonable vanity in that accomplishment of hers which made her all but Italian, stepped in as interpreter. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- As she turned the pages rich in dainty devices with very pardonable pride, her eye fell upon one verse that made her stop and think. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Let them hear how much you have improved, said Laurie, with pardonable pride in his promising pupil. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I only know that I never yet heard her admit any instance of a second attachment's being pardonable. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- What folly will not a pair of bright eyes make pardonable? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Pesca was one of her especial favourites and his wildest eccentricities were always pardonable in her eyes. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And is it not pardonable if I feel sensitive, when I see a disposition on her part to take me up short? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The Admiral hated marriage, and thought it never pardonable in a young man of independent fortune. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
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