adj
Meaning 1
impossible to pardon; impossible to excuse or justify
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unpardonable
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adjective
Meaning 2
not admitting of pardon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- unpardonable behavior
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: pardonable
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English pardonable English unpardonable From un- + pardonable.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: непростим (neprostim) — impossible to pardon or forgive
- Danish: utilgivelig — impossible to pardon or forgive
- Esperanto: nepardonebla — impossible to pardon or forgive
- French: impardonnable — impossible to pardon or forgive
- German: unverzeihlich — impossible to pardon or forgive
- Ancient Greek: ἀναπολόγητος (anapológētos) — impossible to pardon or forgive
- Hungarian: megbocsáthatatlan — impossible to pardon or forgive
- Icelandic: ófyrirgefanlegur — impossible to pardon or forgive
- Macedonian: неопростлив (neoprostliv) — impossible to pardon or forgive
- Persian: نابخشودنی (nâbaxšudani) — impossible to pardon or forgive
- Russian: непростительный (neprostitelʹnyj) — impossible to pardon or forgive