explicable.

Possible to explain or understand through identifiable reasons.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• readily explicable
• explicable differences

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The discrepancy was explicable once the different reporting periods were taken into account.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Comparative more explicable; superlative most explicable when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: explanation. Commonness: moderately common.