forgivable
pronunciation
How to pronounce forgivable in British English:
UK [fəˈgɪvəbl]
How to pronounce forgivable in American English:
US [fərˈgɪvəbl]
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- Adjective:
- easily excused or forgiven
Word Origin
- forgivable (adj.)
- 1540s, from forgive + -able. Related: Forgivably.
Example
- 1. Does this make the lapse more or less forgivable ?
- 2. Her lack of sympathy was perhaps forgivable .
- 3. It would have been understandable , if not forgivable , had david cameron ducked a showdown with leviathan .
- 4. Drop , there are times-when showing off may be forgivable and maybe even acceptable .
- 5. But given the overall achievements and the ongoing consequences of that revolution a little myth making is forgivable .