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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pardonable |
| Synonyms: | all right, allowable, defensible, excusable, explainable, forgivable, justifiable, minor, not serious, not too bad, okay, permissible, slight, tolerable, trivial, understandable |
| Notes: | venal is 'corruptible, unscrupulous'; venial is 'forgivable; not criminal' |
| Main Entry: | forgivable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excusable |
| Synonyms: | pardonable, trivial, venial |
| Main Entry: | pardonable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forgivable |
| Synonyms: | defendable, defensible, excusable, justifiable, passable, venial |
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Example Sentences
- In fact, it's not the great but the venial sins that you think of with horror when you've read this book.
- But because they don't know what causes cancer, their offense is venial if they hazard a guess.
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