inexcusableness
State of unpardonability
The quality of being impossible to justify or pardon.
Inexcusableness emphasizes that no defense or explanation could make the behavior acceptable: The inexcusableness of his conduct was apparent to everyone.
The word is formal and uncommon; inexcusable itself usually suffices.
Assign responsibility for wrongdoing
- faultImperfection or blame
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
accountability · blameworthiness · answerability · wrongdoing · transgression · offense · misconduct · malfeasance
Cannot be reasonably defended
- indefensibleCannot be justified
- unacceptableNot meeting required standards
- unwarrantedWithout adequate justification
- intolerableImpossible to bear
impermissible · inadmissible · insupportable · untenable · indefeasible · unallowable · out-of-bounds · over-the-line
Cannot be pardoned
- unpardonableImpossible to excuse
- reprehensibleDeserving condemnation
- heinousOdiously, shockingly evil
- atrociousAppallingly, shockingly wicked
unconscionable · despicable · abominable · monstrous · shameful · outrageous · scandalous · appalling
Conspicuously awful
- flagrantShockingly conspicuous and wrong
- grievousCausing intense suffering
- graveSerious and worrying
- seriousWeighty and requiring attention
extreme · gross · glaring · blatant · rank · arrant · unmitigated · aggravated
Severe disapproval expressed formally
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- reproachExpression of disappointment
- denunciationFormal public accusation
- criticismJudgment of faults
rebuke · reprimand · castigation · admonishment · disapproval · reproof · opprobrium · excoriation
blame
Assign responsibility for wrongdoing
- faultImperfection or blame
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- responsibilityState of being answerable
liability · accountability · blameworthiness · answerability · wrongdoing · transgression · offense · misconduct · malfeasance · dereliction
unjustifiable
Cannot be reasonably defended
- indefensibleCannot be justified
- unacceptableNot meeting required standards
- unwarrantedWithout adequate justification
intolerable · impermissible · inadmissible · insupportable · untenable · indefeasible · unallowable · out-of-bounds · over-the-line · unreasonable
unforgivable
Cannot be pardoned
- unpardonableImpossible to excuse
- reprehensibleDeserving condemnation
- heinousOdiously, shockingly evil
atrocious · unconscionable · despicable · abominable · monstrous · shameful · outrageous · scandalous · appalling · egregious
egregious
Conspicuously awful
serious · extreme · gross · glaring · blatant · rank · arrant · unmitigated · aggravated · unconscionable
condemnation
Severe disapproval expressed formally
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- reproachExpression of disappointment
- denunciationFormal public accusation
criticism · rebuke · reprimand · castigation · admonishment · disapproval · reproof · opprobrium · excoriation · vilification
inexcusablenessjustifiability
State of being warranted
forgivableness · defensibility · veniality · legitimacy · acceptability
inexcusablenessblamelessness
Freedom from culpability
innocence · faultlessness · guiltlessness · unimpeachability · impeccability
cause, excuse, accusation, excusable, inexcusable, causation, exculpate, exculpatory, exculpation