What does castigable mean?
Castigable means Able or worthy to be punished..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Able or worthy to be punished..
They are at least logical that say to castigate folly you must first exhibit folly as a castigable thing, and in showing folly you thus cause more folly.
Use castigable when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Castigable means Able or worthy to be punished..
Common synonyms include chastisable, disciplinable, castigable, penal.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
They are at least logical that say to castigate folly you must first exhibit folly as a castigable thing, and in showing folly you thus cause more folly.
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