excusable

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

excusable
    adj 1: capable of being overlooked [ant: {inexcusable}]
    2: easily excused or forgiven; "a venial error" [syn:
       {excusable}, {forgivable}, {venial}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Excusable \Ex*cus"a*ble\a. [L. excusabilis: cf. F. excusable.
   See {Excuse}.]
   That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of
   blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable
   action. -- {Ex*cus"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Ex*cus"a*bly}, adv.
   [1913 Webster]

         The excusableness of my dissatisfaction. --Boyle.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "excusable":
      admissible, allowable, condonable, defensible, dispensable,
      exemptible, expiable, forgivable, inoffensive, justifiable,
      legitimate, pardonable, reasonable, remissible, tenable,
      unobjectionable, venial, vindicable, warrantable

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