"amendable" meaning in English

See amendable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more amendable [comparative], most amendable [superlative]
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  1. Capable of being amended. Derived forms: amendableness, nonamendable, unamendable Translations (capable of being amended): поправим (popravim) (Bulgarian), muutettavissa oleva (Finnish), korjattavissa oleva (Finnish), oikaistavissa oleva (Finnish), amendable (French), αναθεωρήσιμος (anatheorísimos) (Greek), javítható (Hungarian), ammendabile (Italian), emendabile (Italian), so-lhiasaghey (Manx), emendável (Portuguese), emendàbil (Romagnol), amendabil [masculine] (Romanian), исправи́мый (ispravímyj) (Russian), корректи́руемый (korrektírujemyj) (Russian), enmendable (Spanish)
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