forgivable

English

Etymology

From forgive +‎ -able. Partially displaced non-native Middle English pardonable (“capable of being pardoned, forgivable”) from Old French pardonable (“forgivable”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

forgivable (comparative more forgivable, superlative most forgivable)

1. Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.

   Synonyms: excusable, pardonable, venial

   Antonyms: unforgivable, unvenial

   • 2004, CMJ New Music Report, number 872, page 6:

     It's even forgivable here when the band sometimes sounds as though they've phoned in the Stonesy swagger, because when they're on, the Hellacopters sound like the best garage rock/bar band in the world.

   • 2016, Jessi Klein, You'll Grow Out of It, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

     In retrospect, the misunderstanding about the plan was forgivable […]

2. (finance, not comparable) Of a loan, or a portion of it: such that repayment may be deferred for a period, or canceled, by the lender, if the borrower meets certain obligations.

Translations

able to be forgiven

• Bulgarian: простим (bg) (prostim)
• Danish: tilgivelig
• Dutch: vergeeflijk (nl)
• Esperanto: pardonebla
• Finnish: anteeksiannettava
• French: pardonnable (fr), excusable (fr), véniel (fr)
• German: verzeihlich (de)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tilgivelig

• Polish: wybaczalny (pl) m
• Portuguese: perdoável (pt)
• Romanian: iertabil m, scuzabil (ro)
• Russian: прости́тельный (ru) (prostítelʹnyj)
• Swedish: förlåtlig (sv)