excusable

Something that's excusable can be justified or easily explained. Being late to school because of a dentist appointment is completely excusable.

If there's a good reason for a mistake, it's excusable. When you're able to forgive someone for an offense or error, it is also excusable. A little boy's extreme excitement on his birthday is excusable, and lying around all day watching TV is excusable when you're home sick. The adjective excusable has a Latin root, excusare, "excuse, apologize, or release from a charge."

Definitions of excusable

1. adjective

   capable of being overlooked
   synonyms:

   justifiable

   capable of being justified

   antonyms:

   inexcusable

   without excuse or justification

   indefensible, insupportable, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted

   incapable of being justified or explained
2. adjective

   easily excused or forgiven
   synonyms: forgivable, venial

   pardonable

   admitting of being pardoned