excusable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Possible to excuse; worthy of being excused.

   Excusable reason.

2. 2
   adj

   easily excused or forgiven

3. 3
   adj

   capable of being overlooked

4. 4
   adj

   Describing an illegal act that was committed involuntarily, for example under false information or because of a faulty device. Distinguished from justifiable, describing an illegal act that was intentional but justified for other reasons.

From Old French escusable, from Latin excusabilis.

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