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Capable of being used.

That may be abused.

Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or fault; blamable; -- with of.

Capable of being amused.

Worthy pf applause; praiseworthy. [Obs.]

Capable of being caused.

Capable of being confused.

Cognizable; liable to be tried or judged. [Obs.] Bp. Barlow.

may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action. -- Ex*cus"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ex*cus"a*bly, adv. The excusableness of my dissatisfaction. Boyle.

Not excusable; not admitting excuse or justification; as, inexcusable folly. Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest; for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. Rom. ii. 1.

The quality of being inexcusable; enormity forgiveness. South.

Not liable to exception or rejection. Sir W. Hamilton.

Capable of being refused; admitting of refusal.

Inexcusable. Hayward. -- Un`ex*cus"a*ble*ness, n.

To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify. "To aggravate my woes." Pope. To aggravate the horrors of the scene. Prescott. The defense made by the prisioner's counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime. Addison.…

s one may avail one's self of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose; usable; profitable; advantageous; convertible into a resource; as, an available measure; an available candidate. Struggling to redeem, as he did, the available months and days out of so many that were unavailable. Carlyle. Having…

Accusable; culpable. [R.] The fault lies at his door, and she is no wise imputable. Ayliffe.

e mammal of the Horse family, closely related to the genus Anhithecrium, and having three usable hoofs on each foot.

wful act, without any intention of injury, unfortunately kills another; -- called also excusable homicide. See Homicide. Blackstone.

Admitting of pardon; not requiring the excution of penalty; venial; excusable; -- applied to the offense or to the offender; as, a pardonable fault, or culprit.