Liable

Definition of Liable

Li´a`ble   Pronunciation: lī´å`b'l
a.1.Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
2.Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable; - with to and an infinitive or noun; as, liable to slip; liable to accident.
Proudly secure, yet liable to fall.
- Milton.
All human things are subject to decay.
- Dryden.

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accountable, actionable, answerable for, apt, assailable, attackable, beatable, blameworthy, bound, chargeable, conquerable, disposed, exposed, fair, foreseeable, given, hopeful, in the cards, inclined, naked, nonimmune, obligated, obnoxious, odds-on, open, penetrable, pledged, predictable, predictable within limits, presumable, presumptive, promising, prone, responsible for, sensitive, statistically probable, susceptible, tied, to blame, verisimilar, vincible, vulnerable
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