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Definitions for pardonable
par·don·able
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Princeton's WordNet
pardonableadjective
admitting of being pardoned
Wiktionary
pardonableadjective
Capable of being pardoned.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Pardonableadjective
Venial; excusable.
Etymology: pardonable, Fr. from pardon.
That which we do being evil, is notwithstanding by so much more pardonable, by how much the exigences of so doing, or the difficulty of doing otherwise is greater, unless this necessity or difficulty have originally risen from ourselves. Richard Hooker.
A blind man sitting in the chimney corner is pardonable enough, but sitting at the helm, he is intolerable. South.
What English readers, unacquainted with Greek or Latin, will believe me, when we confess we derive all that is pardonable in us from ancient fountains? Dryden.
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pardonable
Pardonable refers to something or someone that is forgivable or excusable, typically in the context of mistakes, offenses, or crimes. It is often associated with situations or actions that are deemed as not severe or serious enough to be deserving of punishment, condemnation, or irreversible consequences.
Webster Dictionary
Pardonableadjective
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
Etymology: [Cf. F. pardonnable.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pardonable in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pardonable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of pardonable in a Sentence
François Duc de La Rochefoucauld:
Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable;but when the truth entails tremendous ruin,To speak dishonorably is pardonable.
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, To speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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