- 1
Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
- The surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
- 2
Subject; susceptible; prone.
- This crime is liable to imprisonment for life.
- A man liable to heart disease.
- 3
Exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable.
- Electronic devices are liable to malfunction when exposed to extreme heat.
- 4
Likely.predicative
- Someone is liable to slip on your icy sidewalk.
liable
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