| pardonable | Speaking with tongue in cheek is pardonable when trying to invigorate a patient for whom the doctor has given up hope. |
| pardonable |
| pardonable | (adj) admitting of being pardoned, Ant. unpardonable |
| Pardonable | a. [ Cf. F. pardonnable. ] Admitting of pardon; not requiring the excution of penalty; venial; excusable; -- applied to the offense or to the offender; |
| Pardonableness | n. The quality or state of being pardonable; |