excusable
21excusable — [[t]ɪkskju͟ːzəb(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you say that someone s wrong words or actions are excusable, you mean that they can be understood and forgiven. I then realised that he had made a simple but excusable historical mistake. Syn: understandable …
22excusable — adjective behaviour that is excusable can be forgiven: an excusable reaction of anger …
23excusable — ex|cus|a|ble [ ık skjuzəbl ] adjective if something bad is excusable, you can understand why someone did it and forgive them ─ opposite INEXCUSABLE …
24excusable — adjective it s an excusable mistake Syn: forgivable, pardonable, defensible, justifiable; venial Ant: unforgivable …
25excusable — UK [ɪkˈskjuːzəb(ə)l] / US [ɪkˈskjuzəb(ə)l] adjective if something bad is excusable, you can understand why someone did it and forgive them …
26excusable — excuse ► VERB 1) seek or serve to justify (a fault or offence). 2) release from a duty or requirement. 3) forgive (a fault or a person committing one). 4) (used in polite formulas) allow (someone) to leave a room or gathering. 5) (excuse oneself) …
27excusable neglect — n: the failure of a party to follow a required procedure in a timely fashion that results from a circumstance (as an accident) which is considered by the court to be sufficient reason to excuse that party compare unavoidable casualty ◇ Excusable… …
28excusable homicide — see homicide Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
29excusable negligence — A paradoxical phrase, since if the failure to exercise reasonable care under the circumstances is excusable, there is no negligence. 38 Am J1st Negl § 12. As the term is used in statutes authorizing the opening of a default and allowing a party… …
30excusable homicide — Misadventure Mis ad*ven ture (?; 135), n. [OE. mesaventure, F. m[ e]saventure.] Mischance; misfortune; ill luck; unlucky accident; ill adventure. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] {Homicide by misadventure} (Law), homicide which occurs when a man, doing a… …
