Pŭn'ish-a-ble, a.

adjective

[Fr. punissable.]

Sense 1. Liable to punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; — said with reference to persons or offenses.

That time was, when to be a Protestant, to be a Christian, was by law as punishable as to be a traitor. Milton.

Sense 2. Worthy of punishment.