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alterable

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al·ter·a·ble  (ôltr--bl)
adj.
That can be altered: alterable clothing; alterable conditions of employment.
alter·a·bili·ty, alter·a·ble·ness n.
alter·a·bly adv.
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Adj.1.alterable - capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic; "alterable clothing"; "alterable conditions of employment"
inalterable, unalterable - not capable of being changed or altered; "unalterable resolve"; "an unalterable ground rule"
2.alterable - (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
commutable - subject to alteration or change; "the death sentence was commutable to life imprisonment"
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At night, when our sailors, especially the Moors, were in a profound sleep (for the Mohammedans, believing everything forewritten in the decrees of God, and not alterable by any human means, resign themselves entirely to Providence), our vessel ran aground upon a sand bank at the entrance of the harbour.
A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context
It will be safe to the United States, because, being fixed by the State constitutions, it is not alterable by the State governments, and it cannot be feared that the people of the States will alter this part of their constitutions in such a manner as to abridge the rights secured to them by the federal Constitution.
Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison by Madison, James View in context
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