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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being altered, varied, or made different.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being altered.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Capable of being changed, changeable, mutable
  • noun Something that can be altered; a variable.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe
  • adjective capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic

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