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# forgivable

«forgivable» in Mova's school dictionary: **Able to be forgiven; not so bad that you cannot excuse it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (forgivable, more forgivable)

### meaning for a pupil

Able to be forgiven; not so bad that you cannot excuse it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forgivable/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In ethics and stories it helps judge how bad a mistake is: a small accident is forgivable, cruelty is harder to forgive. It shows that a character's mistake can be pardoned. Phrases: a forgivable mistake, perfectly forgivable, easily forgivable.

### examples

- Forgetting your lunch is a forgivable mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forgivable/#x1)
- Spilling the paint was forgivable because it was an accident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forgivable/#x2)
- Some lies are less forgivable than others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forgivable/#x3)
- Her nervousness on the first day was perfectly forgivable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forgivable/#x4)
- Breaking a promise to your friend is hard but still forgivable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forgivable/#x5)
- Christians believe that every sin is forgivable if a person is truly sorry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forgivable/#x6)

### note

Opposite: unforgivable. Related: forgive, forgiveness. Spelling: drop the e of «forgive» before -able.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «forgivable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forgivable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.