Definition of liable

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Liable (v. t.) Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable; -- with to and an infinitive or noun; as, liable to slip; liable to accident..

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Deprivable :: Deprivable (a.) Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived; liable to be deposed..
Temptable :: Temptable (a.) Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted.
Subject :: Subject (a.) Exposed; liable; prone; disposed; as, a country subject to extreme heat; men subject to temptation..
Trusty :: Trusty (superl.) Admitting of being safely trusted; justly deserving confidence; fit to be confided in; trustworthy; reliable.
Reim :: Reim (n.) A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting into ropes, etc..
Liability :: Liability (n.) That which one is under obligation to pay, or for which one is liable..
Chargeable :: Chargeable (a.) Subject to be charge or accused; liable or responsible; as, revenues chargeable with a claim; a man chargeable with murder..
Expose :: Expose (v. t.) To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or defeat..
Spalt :: Spalt (a.) Liable to break or split; brittle; as, spalt timber..
Peccable :: Peccable (a.) Liable to sin; subject to transgress the divine law.
Labile :: Labile (a.) Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize..
Fickle :: Fickle (a.) Not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant; capricious; as, Fortune's fickle wheel..
Colliquable :: Colliquable (a.) Liable to melt, grow soft, or become fluid..
Amenable :: Amenable (a.) Liable to be brought to account or punishment; answerable; responsible; accountable; as, amenable to law..
Obvious :: Obvious (a.) Exposed; subject; open; liable.
Objectionable :: Objectionable (a.) Liable to objection; likely to be objected to or disapproved of; offensive; as, objectionable words..
Inquirable :: Inquirable (a.) Capable of being inquired into; subject or liable to inquisition or inquest.
Exempt :: Exempt (a.) Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released; free; clear; privileged; -- (with from): not subject to; not liable to; as, goods exempt from execution; a person exempt from jury service..
Illusionable :: Illusionable (a.) Liable to illusion.
Apoplectic :: Apoplectic (n.) One liable to, or affected with, apoplexy..
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