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Definition of forgivable adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

forgivable

adjective

/fəˈɡɪvəbl/

/fərˈɡɪvəbl/

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that you can understand and forgive synonym excusable
- His rudeness was forgivable in the circumstances.
opposite unforgivable

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