remediable

[ri-mee-dee-uh-buh l]

adjective

Origin of remediable

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

Related formsre·me·di·a·ble·ness, nounre·me·di·a·bly, adverbnon·re·me·di·a·ble, adjectivenon·re·me·di·a·bly, adverbun·re·me·di·a·ble, adjective

Can be confusedremediable remedial

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All evils are remediable but one, that one which I dare not name.
Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10)
Maria Edgeworth
But the evil which is remediable should be dealt with more in sorrow than anger.
Laws
Plato
I do not wish to be understood as saying that these defects are, in London at least, remediable.
The Dwelling House
George Vivian Poore
He was safe for that day; nothing could yet have been done in his affairs that was not remediable.
Hester, Volume 3 (of 3)
Margaret Oliphant
But such trifles, after all, were accidental and remediable.
Song of the Lark
Willa Cather

Word Origin and History for remediable

adj.

1560s, from Middle French remédiable, from Latin remediabilis "that may be healed, curable," from stem of remediare, from remedium (see remedy (n.)).