can be forgiven
idiom
—used to say that what a person does or feels is understandable or that a person should not be blamed for doing or feeling something
He can be forgiven for feeling this way after all he's been through.
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But considering what's been packed into the rugged smartphone, perhaps all this can be forgiven.
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New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2025
More than two centuries later, however, you can be forgiven for thinking lawmakers have no role in war and peace issues.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
Schwartz can be forgiven for mistaking Vance’s views for Catholicism.
—Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
Ashy Larry felt more like afterthoughts than during this week’s Pop The Balloon sketch — a parody of a popular YouTube show you can be forgiven for never having heard of before.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2025
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New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2025
More than two centuries later, however, you can be forgiven for thinking lawmakers have no role in war and peace issues.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
Schwartz can be forgiven for mistaking Vance’s views for Catholicism.
—Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
Ashy Larry felt more like afterthoughts than during this week’s Pop The Balloon sketch — a parody of a popular YouTube show you can be forgiven for never having heard of before.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2025
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“Can be forgiven.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/can%20be%20forgiven. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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