Synonyms

remediable

American

[ri-mee-dee-uh-buhl] / rɪˈmi di ə bəl /

adjective

capable of being remedied.

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of remediable

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

Explanation

If it's remediable, then it can be fixed or cured. Your dog's bad breath, dangerous shopping habits, and poison ivy are all remediable afflictions. Remediable is a formal way of describing something that can be fixed up because there's a remedy for it. Horace Mann, the first American advocate of public education, said that “evil is inevitable, but is also remediable” — meaning that even the most rotten kids can be reformed and rehabbed into model citizens. Today's detention hall monitors might disagree.

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