Chastisable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable.

    "it would be a personal crime, chastisable in the person who had committed it"

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punishable

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"it would be a personal crime, chastisable in the person who had committed it"

Etymology

From chastise + -able.

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