castigable

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adjective

Able or worthy to be punished.

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chastisabledisciplinablepenalpunishablestatutablesubpenal
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Meanings

adjectivecastigable (comparative more castigable, superlative most castigable)

comparative more castigable · superlative most castigable

  1. Able or worthy to be punished.

    They are at least logical that say to castigate folly you must first exhibit folly as a castigable thing, and in showing folly you thus cause more folly.

    1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun

    Synonyms: chastisable, disciplinable, chastisable, disciplinable, penal, punishable, statutable, subpenal

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveAble or worthy to be punished.

Similar
chastisabledisciplinablechastisabledisciplinablepenalpunishablestatutablesubpenal
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chastisabledisciplinablepenalpunishablestatutablesubpenal
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APA

castigable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/castigable

MLA

“castigable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/castigable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “castigable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/castigable.

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