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forgivable

adj

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from *fragebaną✻ — “to give away; give up; release; forgive”
  2. inherited from *frageban✻
  3. inherited from forġiefan — “to forgive, to give”
  4. inherited from foryiven
  5. formed as forgivable — “forgive + -able”

Definitions

  1. Able to be forgiven

    Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.

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

  2. Of a loan, or a portion of it

    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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA