English Explanatory Dictionary

forgivable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.
  2. 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.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-forgivable.wav

Word forms

forgivable more forgivable most forgivable

Etymology

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

Synonyms

excusable pardonable venial remissable

Antonyms

unforgivable unvenial

Derived words

forgivableness forgivably
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on F Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary