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ALTERABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alterable mean?
• ALTERABLE (adjective)
The adjective ALTERABLE has 2 senses:
1. capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic
2. (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe
Familiarity information: ALTERABLE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic
Context example:
alterable conditions of employment
Antonym:
unalterable (not capable of being changed or altered)
Derivation:
alter (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
alter (make an alteration to)
alterability (the quality of being alterable)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe
Similar:
commutable (subject to alteration or change)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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