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forgivable

ADJECTIVE
excusable
Synonyms


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And at this precise moment, amid a coalition burned out on self-flagellation and ascetic living, a Totenkopf has been deemed forgivable.

From Slate Apr. 13, 2026

In other words: Was he forgivable or not?

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 5, 2026

However, over half of down-payment assistance programs — about 1,035 of them — offer forgivable loans.

From MarketWatch Jan. 31, 2026

He cheerily repeated this in the media, which might have been forgivable if it had been true, but results showed that it was demonstrably untrue.

From BBC Oct. 5, 2025

“Soon enough. And you gave him a daughter. So, you see, your sin is even less forgivable than mine.”

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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