punishable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite liable to or deserving punishment
    • punishable offenses
  2. adjective satellite subject to punishment by law
    penal.
    • a penal offense

WordNet

Pun"ish*a*ble adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. punissable.
Definitions
  1. Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person 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.
    -- Pun"ish*a*ble*ness, n.

Webster 1913