pardon
noun
kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience.
pardonably
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a word derived from
pardon.
Example Sentences
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There is not one boast in the book, and there might pardonably be many.
From Time Magazine Archive
A capacity house was pardonably proud, from the cheering galleries to the McNears, Ehrmans and Fleishhackers in their beige and gilt boxes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Haley pardonably prides herself on what she refers to as "wintuition."
From Time Magazine Archive
Canadians are pardonably proud that they paid for their own war without U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
Joan shook hands limply, her face crimson beneath his pardonably admiring stare.
From Joan Thursday by Louis Joseph Vance
