Punishableness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Punishable \Pun"ish*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. punissable.]
     Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being
     punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses.
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           That time was, when to be a Protestant, to be a


           Christian, was by law as punishable as to be a traitor.
                                                    -- Milton.
     [1913 Webster] -- {Pun"ish*a*ble*ness}, n.
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