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Antonyms for remediable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ri-mee-dee-uh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈmi di ə bəl



Definition of remediable

Origin :
  • 1560s, from Middle French remédiable, from Latin remediabilis "that may be healed, curable," from stem of remediare, from remedium (see remedy (n.)).
  • As in benign : adj not cancerous
Example sentences :
  • All evils are remediable but one, that one which I dare not name.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • But the evil which is remediable should be dealt with more in sorrow than anger.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • I do not wish to be understood as saying that these defects are, in London at least, remediable.
  • Extract from : « The Dwelling House » by George Vivian Poore
  • He was safe for that day; nothing could yet have been done in his affairs that was not remediable.
  • Extract from : « Hester, Volume 3 (of 3) » by Margaret Oliphant
  • But such trifles, after all, were accidental and remediable.
  • Extract from : « Song of the Lark » by Willa Cather
  • I do not express my sense of our misfortunes from any idea that they are remediable.
  • Extract from : « Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson » by Thomas Jefferson
  • False imprisonment, in certain cases, is remediable by Habeas Corpus.
  • Extract from : « Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) » by Various
  • They took counsel with Feldmarschall Munnich on the matter; who, after study, declared it a remediable case.
  • Extract from : « History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XII. (of XXI.) » by Thomas Carlyle
  • This disorder, as it both contained two Greek appellations and was remediable, I was much inclined to prefer; when, behold!
  • Extract from : « Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume II (of 2) » by John Hill Burton
  • To Napoleon the destruction of Moscow was a blow neither expected nor remediable.
  • Extract from : « The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran, And His Man Mark Antony O'Toole » by W. H. Maxwell

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