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punishable |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Punishable \Pun"ish*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. punissable.] Deserving of or liable to punishment; capable of being punished by law or right -- said of person or offenses. That time was when to be a Protestant, to be a Christian, was by law as punishable as to be a traitor. -- Milton. -- {Pun"ish*a*ble*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: punishable adj 1: liable to or deserving punishment; "punishable offenses" 2: subject to punishment by law; "a penal offense" [syn: {penal}]
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