adj
Meaning 1
Capable of being pardoned; worthy of pardon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: forgivable, excusable, venial
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pardonable
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/ˈpɑː(ɹ)dənəbəl/
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adjective
Meaning 2
admitting of being pardoned
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unpardonable
History
Etymology
Back-formation from unpardonable, equivalent to pardon + -able.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: простим (prostim) — capable of being pardoned
- Esperanto: pardonebla — capable of being pardoned
- French: pardonnable — capable of being pardoned
- Hindi: क्षम्य (kṣamya) — capable of being pardoned
- Icelandic: fyrirgefanlegur — capable of being pardoned
- Malay: boleh dimaafkan — capable of being pardoned
- Portuguese: perdoável — capable of being pardoned