Synonyms of pardonable

pardonable

adjective

ˈpärd-nə-bəl 

as in excusable

worthy of forgiveness

the new parents' gushing pride was pardonable

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excusable
• justifiable
• forgivable
• venial
• petty
• minor
• harmless
• condonable
• allowable
• ignorable
• remissible
• remittable
• permissible
• redeemable
• unimportant
• trifling
• trivial
• insignificant
• tolerable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mortal
• unjustifiable
• inexcusable
• criminal
• indefensible
• unpardonable
• evil
• abominable
• heinous
• unforgivable
• sinful
• wicked
• vile
• damning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pardonable

But in this instance, the breach is entirely pardonable, because these two men, Jun and Arthur, have just gotten married. — Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025

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

According to Cohen, because misdemeanor possession of marijuana is now a pardonable offense, Department of Justice guidelines would not permit a plea to that effect. — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024

What happened, then, was surely a result of a pardonable misunderstanding. — New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020

In this case, to be fair, the length is a pardonable fault, for there is plenty here on which to feast. — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2019

However, no one went hungry, and after a wholly pardonable delay all were accommodated. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2019

But now, without any provocation, and without the justification of reprisal or retaliation, a refusal to outlaw the use of the bomb save in reprisal is making a political purpose of its possession; this is hardly pardonable. — Rosa Inocencio Smith, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2017