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      liable
      adjective
      Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
      Subject; susceptible; prone.
      Exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable.
      (predicative, with to-infinitive) Likely.
      Roots
      ligoli- · Latin · bind
      Synonyms for liable
      responsibleadjaccountableadjanswerableadjchargeableadjobligatedadjblameworthyadjsusceptibleadjforeseeableadj
      Words related to liable
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