Meaning & use
excusable
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Able to be forgiven or justified, typically because the fault is minor or understandable.
See it in a sentence
A small typo in a rushed email is excusable.
His lateness was excusable given the severe traffic accident on the highway.
A note on using this word
Excusable simply means an error or lapse is minor enough to be pardoned, unlike its stronger negative counterpart.
Words with a similar meaning
forgivablepardonable
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Words with an opposite meaning
inexcusableunforgivable
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