pardonability
Capacity for forgiveness
Pardonability is the quality of being forgivable or excusable.
The word appears mainly in formal or philosophical contexts discussing degrees of fault: The pardonability of the offense depends on the circumstances.
A minor lapse has high pardonability; a deliberate cruelty has little or none.
Reason proving rightness
- extenuationPartial justification for fault
- mitigationReduction of severity
- defenseProtection against harm
- explanationStatement making something clear
rationale · exculpation · vindication · grounds · plea · apology · extenuating circumstances · allowance
Formal clearing of guilt
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- remissionTemporary disease absence
reconciliation · atonement · reprieve · amnesty · exoneration · contrition · penance · repentance
Yielding to desire
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- forbearancePatient self-control, delayed enforcement
- mercifulnessCompassionate treatment of offenders
- gentlenessSoft, kind demeanor
clemency · patience · understanding · mildness · flexibility · graciousness · compassion · softness
justification
Reason proving rightness
- extenuationPartial justification for fault
- mitigationReduction of severity
- defenseProtection against harm
explanation · rationale · exculpation · vindication · grounds · plea · apology · extenuating circumstances · allowance · palliation
absolution
Formal clearing of guilt
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
remission · reconciliation · atonement · reprieve · amnesty · exoneration · contrition · penance · repentance · clemency
indulgence
Yielding to desire
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- forbearancePatient self-control, delayed enforcement
- mercifulnessCompassionate treatment of offenders
gentleness · clemency · patience · understanding · mildness · flexibility · graciousness · compassion · softness · moderation
pardonabilityinexcusability
Being beyond justification
unforgivableness · inexcusableness · impermissibility · heinousness · irredeemability
pardon, pardonable, unpardonable, pardonably, unpardonably, pardoned, pardoning, pardoner, pardons