Punishable \Pun"ish*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. punissable.]
Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being
punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses.
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That time was, when to be a Protestant, to be a
Christian, was by law as punishable as to be a traitor.
-- Milton.
[1913 Webster] -- {Pun"ish*a*ble*ness}, n.
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