remediable

[ ri-mee-dee-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being remedied.

Other Words From

• re·medi·a·ble·ness noun
• re·medi·a·bly adverb
• nonre·medi·a·ble adjective
• nonre·medi·a·bly adverb
• unre·medi·a·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of remediable¹

1485–95; (< Middle French ) < Latin remediābilis curable. See remedy, -able

Example Sentences

Now there is a cause for this, as there is no effect without a cause, a comprehensible remediable cause.

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The man whom daily contact with remediable misery will not render incompetent to always write logically, I would not wish to know.

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They took counsel with Feldmarschall Munnich on the matter; who, after study, declared it a remediable case.

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This disorder, as it both contained two Greek appellations and was remediable, I was much inclined to prefer; when, behold!

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It is also an indication of search for conditions which will render in the future similar cases remediable, not hopeless.

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Related Words

• harmless