as in justifiable
worthy of forgiveness
only guilty of remissible sins
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Adjective
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And there may be perfectly justifiable reasons.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 May 2026 -
Fort Worth police have determined that an April 30 road rage shooting that killed a man in northwest Fort Worth was a justifiable homicide, according to online records.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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The time when teachers gain popularity points for airing local team’s games, and kindly bosses understand that Thursday is an excusable sick day.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
15 Mar. 2026
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Some experts believe there are instances where the practice is excusable.—
Theara Coleman,
TheWeek,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This program is structured as a non-forgivable second mortgage, though no monthly payments are required.—
JP Shaffer,
Miami Herald,
20 May 2026
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That’s forgivable, however, as it's based on the second book in the series, which only came out this past March, hence the wait time.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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But in this instance, the breach is entirely pardonable, because these two men, Jun and Arthur, have just gotten married.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Aug. 2025
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All this is to say that any excesses of enthusiasm for Friday (and Thursday) might seem pardonable, although each day reached the thermal pinnacle of the 80s.—
Martin Weil,
Washington Post,
19 July 2024
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“Remissible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remissible. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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