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形容詞

castigable (comparative more castigable, superlative most castigable)

1. Able or worthy to be punished.

   Synonyms: chastisable, disciplinable; see also Thesaurus:punishable

   • 1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun:

     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.