excusability
Capacity for pardon
The quality of being excusable—capable of being forgiven or justified.
Excusability often depends on circumstances: The excusability of his lateness hinged on whether the train really had broken down.
The word appears mainly in legal and ethical discussions weighing whether conduct deserves blame.
Able to be excused
- venialityQuality of being forgivable
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- pardonOfficial release from punishment
absolution · grace · indulgence · compassion · amnesty · exoneration · acquittal · reprieve
Capacity to withstand attack
- justifiabilityState of being warranted
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
- rationalitySound judgment quality
- reasonablenessQuality of being fair-minded
plausibility · validity · grounds · rationale · defense · explanation · reasoning · mitigation
State of being allowed
- acceptabilityState of being sufficient
- understandabilityEase of being grasped
- overlookingFailing to see or consider
- leniencyMildness in punishment
forbearance · latitude · leeway · flexibility · indulgence · permissiveness · lenience · accommodation
Deserving moral condemnation
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- faultImperfection or blame
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
responsibility · answerability · culpability · innocence · moral responsibility · legal liability
pardonability
Able to be excused
- venialityQuality of being forgivable
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
pardon · absolution · grace · indulgence · compassion · amnesty · exoneration · acquittal · reprieve · condonation
defensibility
Capacity to withstand attack
- justifiabilityState of being warranted
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
- rationalitySound judgment quality
reasonableness · plausibility · validity · grounds · rationale · defense · explanation · reasoning · mitigation · vindication
permissibility
State of being allowed
- acceptabilityState of being sufficient
- understandabilityEase of being grasped
- overlookingFailing to see or consider
leniency · forbearance · latitude · leeway · flexibility · indulgence · permissiveness · lenience · accommodation
blameworthiness
Deserving moral condemnation
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- faultImperfection or blame
- guiltMoral self-reproach
liability · responsibility · answerability · culpability · innocence · moral responsibility · legal liability
excusabilityinexcusability
Being beyond justification
blameworthiness · culpability · reprehensibility · inexcusableness · unpardonability
excusabilityunjustifiability
Cannot be reasonably defended
indefensibility · unpardonability · inexcusableness · impermissibility · illegitimacy
excusabilityunjustifiability
Cannot be reasonably defended
indefensibility · inexcusability · groundlessness · baselessness · wrongfulness
excuse, excused, accusation, excusable, excuses, inexcusable, excusing, causation, exculpate