excusable
excusable adjective: possible to excuse; worthy of being excused.
Adjective
excusable (comparative more excusable, superlative most excusable)
- Possible to excuse; worthy of being excused.
- excusable reason
- Synonyms:
- forgivable, pardonable, venial
- 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.
excusable meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
excusable in Tamil
- மன்னிக்கத்தக்க, மன்னிக்கக்கூடிய
excusable in Bengali
- ক্ষমার যোগ্য, মার্জনীয়
excusable in Malayalam
- pardonable, forgivable, defensible
- ക്ഷന്തവ്യ, പൊറുക്കാവുന്ന, മാപ്പു കൊടുക്കാവുന്ന, ക്ഷമിക്കാവുന്ന, മാപ്പുനൽകത്തക്ക, ന്യായീകരിക്കാവുന്ന
excusable in Kannada
- ಕ್ಷಮಾರ್ಹ, ಕ್ಷಮ್ಯ, ಮನ್ನಿಸಬಹುದಾದ
More languagesFewer languages
- excusable in Persian
- معذور ma'zur
- excusable in Thai
- น่าให้อภัย
Synonyms of excusable
Antonyms
Forms of excusable
| comparative | more excusable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most excusable |
Origin of excusable
From Old French escusable, from Latin excusabilis.
Words formed from excusable
Questions about excusable
- What does excusable mean?
- Excusable means possible to excuse; worthy of being excused.
- What is excusable in Tamil?
- Excusable in Tamil is மன்னிக்கத்தக்க, மன்னிக்கக்கூடிய. See Excusable meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is excusable?
- Excusable is an adjective.
Words near excusable in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: excusable (page history and authors); excusable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Excusable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); excusable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); excusable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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