pardonable

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

P'ARDONABLE, adjective That may be pardoned; applied to persons. The offender is pardonable 1. Venial; excusable; that may be forgiven, overlooked or passed by; applied to things; as a pardonable offense.
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