forgivable

synonyms for forgivable

On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to forgivable, such as: pardonable, trivial, and venial.

If all this were the setup for a coming-of-age story in which Important Lessons Are Learned, it would be forgivable.
Lisa Baron's Salacious Memoir | Michelle Goldberg | June 13, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
All that would be somewhat forgivable if Jackson were arrogant or just plain dumb.
Glee's New Villain | Itay Hod | September 20, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
Instead Mr. Emanuel uttered his indefensible but forgivable remark, and Ms. Palin called for him to be fired.
Limbaugh's Latest Shameful Outburst | Conor Friedersdorf | February 5, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST

Make It Right helps former residents secure forgivable loans to buy the homes.
Brad Pitt, in Katrina's Wake | Benjamin Sarlin | September 25, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
And El-Soo had wit—rarely sharp to hurt, yet quick to search out forgivable weakness.
Lost Face | Jack London
Is it forgivable to bend across a man or woman and raise the window without a word of excuse, or a cordial smile of understanding?
Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 | Lillian Eichler Watson
It will be dreadfuller and bitterer; its horrors will be less and less forgivable; it will leave vast sundering floods of hate.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 | Various
It was inevitable, and in a sense forgivable, seeing that it had been brought about by Bartie's sheer impossibility.
The Tree of Heaven | May Sinclair
The smile of peace and pardon on the statue's illumined face seemed to make all sin forgivable in this haunt of holy dreams.
Everyman's Land | C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson

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