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Excusable

That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action.

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Justifiable 84% connected

Capable of being justified, or shown to be just.

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Justifiable 84% connected

Capable of being justified, or shown to be just.

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Pardonable 84% connected

Admitting of pardon; not requiring the excution of penalty; venial; excusable; -- applied to the offense or to the offender; as, a pardonable fault,…

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Pardonable 84% connected

Admitting of pardon; not requiring the excution of penalty; venial; excusable; -- applied to the offense or to the offender; as, a pardonable fault,…

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Forgivable 92% connected

Capable of being forgiven; pardonable; venial.

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Venial 92% connected

Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression.

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Inexcusable 94% connected

Not excusable; not admitting excuse or justification; as, inexcusable folly.

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Inexcusable 94% connected

Not excusable; not admitting excuse or justification; as, inexcusable folly.

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Absolution noun · 78% connection

The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgi…

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Accuse verb · 78% connection

To charge with a fault; to blame; to censure.

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Acquit verb · 78% connection

To bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part; as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself v…

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Affix verb · 78% connection

To attach, unite, or connect with; as, names affixed to ideas, or ideas affixed to things; to affix a stigma to a person; to affix rid…

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Animadversion noun · 78% connection

Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame.

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Argue verb · 78% connection

To blame; to accuse; to charge with.

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Attask verb · 78% connection

To take to task; to blame.

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Bear verb · 78% connection

To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc.

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Blamed imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Blame

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Blaming p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Blame

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Challenge noun · 78% connection

To censure; to blame.

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Defensive attribution noun · 78% connection

A tendency to blame victims for their misfortune, so that one feels less likely to be victimized in a similar way.; "Previous research…

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Excuse verb · 78% connection

That which is offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or irregular deportment; apology; as, an…

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Exonerate verb · 78% connection

To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppres…

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Forgive verb · 78% connection

To give up resentment or claim to requital on account of (an offense or wrong); to remit the penalty of; to pardon; -- said in referen…

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Forgiveness noun · 78% connection

The act of forgiving; the state of being forgiven; as, the forgiveness of sin or of injuries.

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Ignoscible adjective · 78% connection

Pardonable.

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In part adverb · 78% connection

to some extent; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed"

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