Hypertext Webster Gateway: "punishable"
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) 1.7 (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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