excusable
adjEtymology From Old French escusable, from Latin excusabilis.
1
Possible to excuse; worthy of being excused.
- excusable reason
2
Law Specifically Describing an illegal act that was committed involuntarily, for example under false information or because of a faulty device. Distinguished from justifiable, describing an illegal act that was intentional but justified for other reasons.
- Antonyms
- inexcusable
- Derived terms
- excusableness, excusably, nonexcusable, unexcusable