remediable

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/ɹəˈmidiəbəl/

adjective

Capable of being remedied.

Opposite
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Meanings

adjectiveremediable (comparative more remediable, superlative most remediable)

comparative more remediable · superlative most remediable

  1. Capable of being remedied.
    1 more example

    Then from his cavernous armpit drew and gave The singing leaves, not such as erst I knew, But strange, disjointed, where the unmeasured feet Staggered allwhither in pursuit of rhyme, And could not find it; assonance instead, Cases and verbs misplaced—remediable those — Broad-shouldered coarseness, fondly meant for wit.

    1955, Edmund Wilson, The shock of recognition, page 381

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecapable of being remedied or redressed

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinremediābilis
  2. Old Frenchremedïable
  3. Middle Englishremediable
  4. Englishremediable

From Middle English remediable, from Old French remedïable and Latin remediābilis. By surface analysis, remediate + -able, or perhaps remedy + ‑able.

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Translations

Bulgarian излечим
  • излечим (izlečim)capable of being remedied
Hungarian orvosolható
  • orvosolhatócapable of being remedied
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APA

remediable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remediable

MLA

“remediable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remediable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “remediable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remediable.

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