castigable

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castigable

adjective more castigable · most castigable

Able or worthy to be punished. They are at least logical that say to castigate folly you must first exhibit folly as a castigable thing, and in showing folly you thus cause more folly.
Similar: chastisable, disciplinable, castigable, penal, punishable, statutable, subpenal

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@misc{castigable_2026,
  title = {castigable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/castigable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}