peccable

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: pec=ca=ble

CIDE DICTIONARY

peccable, a. [Cf. F. peccable. See Peccant.].

 Liable to sin; subject to transgress the divine law.  Sir W. Scott.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

peccable, adj. formal liable to sin.

Derivative

peccability n.

Etymology

F, f. med.L peccabilis f. peccare sin

ROGET THESAURUS

peccable

Guilt

N guilt, guiltiness, culpability, criminality, criminousness, deviation from rectitude, sinfulness, misconduct, misbehavior, misdoing, misdeed, malpractice, fault, sin, error, transgression, dereliction, delinquency, indiscretion, lapse, slip, trip, faux pas, peccadillo, flaw, blot, omission, failing, failure, break, bad break!, capital crime, delictum, offense, trespass, misdemeanor, misfeasance, misprision, malefaction, malfeasance, malversation, crime, felony, enormity, atrocity, outrage, deadly sin, mortal sin, deed without a name, corpus delicti, guilty, to blame, culpable, peccable, in fault, at fault, censurable, reprehensible, blameworthy, uncommendable, illaudable, weighed in the balance and found wanting, exceptionable, in flagrante delicto, red-handed, in the very act, with one's hand in the cookie jar, cui prodest scelus in fecit, culpam paena premit comes, O would the deed were good!, responsibility prevents crimes se judice nemo noce, so many laws argues so many sins.