forgivable

English

Etymology

From forgive +‎ -able. Partially displaced non-native Middle English pardonable (“capable of being pardoned, forgivable”) from Old French pardonable (“forgivable”).

Adjective

forgivable (comparative more forgivable, superlative most forgivable)

1. Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.

   Synonyms: excusable, pardonable, venial

2. (finance, not comparable) Of a loan, or a portion of it: such that repayment may be deferred for a period if the lender meets certain obligations.

Antonyms

• unforgivable

Translations

able to be forgiven

• Bulgarian: простим (bg) (prostim)
• Danish: tilgivelig
• Dutch: vergeeflijk (nl)
• Esperanto: pardonebla
• Finnish: anteeksiannettava
• French: pardonnable (fr), excusable (fr), véniel (fr)
• German: verzeihlich (de)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tilgivelig

• Polish: wybaczalny (pl) m
• Portuguese: perdoável (pt)
• Romanian: iertabil m, scuzabil (ro)
• Russian: прости́тельный (ru) (prostítelʹnyj)
• Swedish: förlåtlig (sv)