What (who) is pardonable - definition
Pardonable
·adj Admitting of pardon; not requiring the excution of penalty; venial; excusable;
- applied to the offense or to the offender; as, a pardonable fault, or culprit.
pardonable
You describe someone's action or attitude as pardonable if you think it is wrong but you understand why they did that action or have that attitude.
'I have', he remarked with pardonable pride, 'done what I set out to do.'
ADJ
pardonable
a.
Excusable, venial.
Pronunciation examples for pardonable
1. With pardonable pride, we are looking back
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Examples of use of pardonable
1. Abe said: "North Korea‘s nuclear weapons test can never be pardonable.
2. Musharraf has strongly condemned the cartoons, and the government initially excused the protests as a pardonable expression of genuine outrage.
3. He said that defining who would be pardonable, which crimes were considered major crimes and how the militias would be treated will all require more work.
4. Abe, who arrived in Seoul Monday from Beijing for a summit with President Roh Moo–Hyun, made the remarks during a lunch with Prime Minister Han Myeong–Sook. «North Korea’s nuclear weapons test can never be pardonable.
5. Abe and South Korean President Roh Moo–Hyun were meeting in Seoul for talks that had been expected to focus on finding a way to dissuade North Korea from going ahead with the test. «North Korea’s nuclear weapons test can never be pardonable.