as in excusable
worthy of forgiveness
accidentally spilling your coffee on my newspaper is certainly a forgivable mishap
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Recent Examples of forgivable
In the United States, the Paycheck Protection Program directed nearly $800 billion in forgivable loans to small businesses.
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Ugo Troiano, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
And not much in these pages is forgivable.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
While occasional tardiness is forgivable, consistent lateness can start to chip away at even the strongest friendships.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
The Paycheck Protection Program – which was administered by the Small Business Administration as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act – provided forgivable loans to small businesses for job retention and certain other qualified business expenses.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
There must be more options such as grants and forgivable loans from the federal government to help small businesses get back on their feet after disaster, Jaskson said.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
And while most human errors are forgivable, maybe even expected, some cost more than an apology.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
Initially, Congress authorized up to $349 billion in forgivable loans as part of the program.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Ugo Troiano, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
And not much in these pages is forgivable.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
While occasional tardiness is forgivable, consistent lateness can start to chip away at even the strongest friendships.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
The Paycheck Protection Program – which was administered by the Small Business Administration as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act – provided forgivable loans to small businesses for job retention and certain other qualified business expenses.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
There must be more options such as grants and forgivable loans from the federal government to help small businesses get back on their feet after disaster, Jaskson said.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
And while most human errors are forgivable, maybe even expected, some cost more than an apology.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
Initially, Congress authorized up to $349 billion in forgivable loans as part of the program.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forgivable
Adjective
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Too many Republicans today seem to have a different idea, that bad behavior is excusable so long as the perpetrator is advancing their priorities.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Stand your ground laws and their complicated history Most stand your ground laws center around justifiable uses of force, according to Cynthia Godsoe, a professor of criminal law at Brooklyn Law School.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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Homicides involving white shooters and Black victims are more likely to be ruled justifiable than those involving Black shooters and white victims.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But in this instance, the breach is entirely pardonable, because these two men, Jun and Arthur, have just gotten married.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Aug. 2025
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All this is to say that any excesses of enthusiasm for Friday (and Thursday) might seem pardonable, although each day reached the thermal pinnacle of the 80s.—
Martin Weil,
Washington Post,
19 July 2024
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“Forgivable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forgivable. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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