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Meanings of pardonable in English

Portuguese
perdoável

Admitting of being pardoned.

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perdoável
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Examples for "unpardonable"
Examples for "unpardonable"
1
His sin was unpardonable; perhaps his temptation was great; I cannot tell.
My Mother's Rival / Everyday Life Library No. 4
2
I know this must seem unpardonable; but the occasion is without precedent.
The Mystics: A Novel
3
To be both stupid and inaccurate is the unpardonable sin in journalism.
The American Newspaper
4
The King and the Court regarded Kim Ok-kiun as the unpardonable offender.
Korea's Fight for Freedom
5
The unpardonable sin of the supreme power is that it is supreme.
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
Usage of pardonable in English
1
This was a slight but a pardonable misstatement of the actual facts.
Europe Revised
2
With pardonable exultation General Sherman telegraphed to President Lincoln on December 22:
A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln / Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's...
3
In so far as the act was pardonable, the man was pardonable.
Orthodoxy
4
There he was insincere; but it was a pardonable insincerity, after all.
The Shadow of the Rope
5
I am an old man, and frankness in old age is pardonable.
The Puppet Crown
6
This, however, may have been a pardonable exaggeration of the real facts.
Cobb's Anatomy
7
He understood, too, how noble is the discipline, though pardonable the revolt.
Fort Amity
8
Perhaps I spoke hastily, but surely it was pardonable considering my grievance.
At the Time Appointed
9
Their self-consciousness and sensitiveness and vanity are patent, but they are pardonable.
Germany and the Germans from an American Point of View
10
Perhaps his fears were pardonable, and those of his wife more so.
A Heroine of France: The Story of Joan of Arc
11
If he made a mistake, it was at least a pardonable one.
Two Years Ago, Volume I
12
Errors of this kind were always pardonable, and are now simply ludicrous.
Samuel Johnson
13
He paused long enough to flex a presentable bicep with pardonable pride.
The Honorable Percival
14
No doubt, it is a form of nerves, which is quite pardonable.
My War Experiences in Two Continents
15
Wallace was held back by confused orders, pardonable at such a time.
The Guns of Shiloh: A Story of the Great Western Campaign
16
His mother listened with pardonable indignation against Mike Donovan and his companion.
Paul the Peddler; Or, The Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant
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Portuguese
perdoável
Pardonable through the time
Pardonable across language varieties
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