Excusable
Meaning of Excusable
Able to be forgiven or justified because of the circumstances.
ما معنى كلمة Excusable بالعربي؟
مُبرر
✅😌 مُبرر أو قابل للعذر؛ يُمكن تفهمه؛ صفة لخطأ أو تصرف يُمكن تفهمه والعذر عنه بسبب الظروف المُحيطة أو عدم توفر المعلومات الكافية 😌💭
قصة GL: مُبرر أو قابل للعذر في بداية التعلم - يُمكن تفهمه اعتبر نايف طلال الأسى أن الأخطاء الأولى في تطبيق تقنيات التعلم الجيني مُبررة ومفهومة، فالدماغ يحتاج وقتاً للتكيف مع الطرق الجديدة، ولهذا صمم مراحل تدريجية تتسامح مع أخطاء البداية 🌱
Synonyms & related words
Excusable in a sentence
A missed reading was excusable because of illness.
A small delay was excusable given the supply problem.
The court found the error excusable.
An early mistake is excusable in learning.
Origin of Excusable
From Latin excusabilis, from excusare 'to free from blame', from ex- + causa 'accusation'.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, excusable marks mistakes that are understandable. The team treats early errors as excusable and repeats the step.
Excusable audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is "Excusable" — adjective, pronounced /ɪkˈskjuːzəbəl/, with the stress on "cus".
Narrator: Excusable means able to be forgiven, justified or pardoned.
Narrator: In plain English, a mistake is excusable if you can understand why it happened — like being late is excusable in heavy traffic.
Narrator: It comes from the word excuse, from the Latin excusare, meaning to free from blame, plus the suffix able.
Narrator: "Excusable delay" describes a delay that can be forgiven or justified.
Narrator: It differs from pardonable because excusable is about justification, whereas pardonable is about forgiveness.
Narrator: "Excusable negligence" is a legal sense meaning negligence that is not severe enough to be penalised.
Narrator: Law, ethics, relationships and everyday speech all rely on the word excusable.
Narrator: So remember: excusable means forgivable, from excuse and able.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: What does excusable mean?
Speaker B: Forgivable! EXCUSABLE comes from excuse plus able, from the Latin excusare, to free from blame, so it means able to be justified or pardoned.
Speaker A: So being late is excusable in traffic?
Speaker B: Yes — it can be understood!
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Excusable delay"; "excusable negligence"; "hardly excusable" — time, law and severity.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Don't confuse excusable with inexcusable, because excusable means forgivable, while inexcusable means unforgivable.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: 'Forgivable' the pardoning cousin, 'justifiable' the reasoned twin, 'pardonable' the legal alternative. The word keeps its forgiving charm!
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Let's use "excusable" in AI prompts — useful for legal apps and ethics tools.
Speaker A: So a prompt could frame law?
Speaker B: Right. For a legal app, you'd write:
Prompt: Write a short guide to excusable negligence, naming one example.
Speaker A: How about an ethics tool?
Speaker B: Ask the model to advise:
Prompt: Draft a guide to what makes an action excusable, naming two factors.
Speaker A: Could it help with a workplace bot?
Speaker B: Yes, you can frame mistakes:
Prompt: Summarise in two sentences when lateness is excusable, naming one reason.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: For a relationship chatbot, try this:
Prompt: Write a short note on forgiving excusable mistakes, naming one approach.
Frequently asked questions about Excusable
What does Excusable mean?
Able to be forgiven or justified because of the circumstances.
ما معنى كلمة Excusable بالعربي؟
مُبرر — ✅😌 مُبرر أو قابل للعذر؛ يُمكن تفهمه؛ صفة لخطأ أو تصرف يُمكن تفهمه والعذر عنه بسبب الظروف المُحيطة أو عدم توفر المعلومات الكافية 😌💭
How do you pronounce Excusable?
Excusable is pronounced /ɪkˈskjuːzəbl/ and is used as an adjective.
How is Excusable used in a sentence?
A missed reading was excusable because of illness.
What are synonyms of Excusable?
pardonable, forgivable, justifiable, defensible, minor, venial.