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adj. Legally obligated; responsible: liable for military service. See Synonyms at responsible.

adj. At risk of or subject to experiencing or suffering something unpleasant. Used with to: liable to criminal charges; liable to diabetes.

adj. Likely. Often used with reference to an unfavorable outcome: In a depression banks are liable to fail.

adj. Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.

adj. Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable.

adj. Likely.

adj. Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.

adj. Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable; -- with to and an infinitive or noun

Bound in law or equity; responsible; answerable: as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal.

Having an aptitude or tendency; subject; exposed, as to the doing or occurring of something evil, injurious, or erroneous: as, we are constantly liable to accidents; your plans are liable to defeat.

Subordinate; subject.

Fit; suitable.

Synonyms Incident, Subject, Likely, etc. (see incident); Apt, likely, etc. (see apt).

adj. held legally responsible

adj. subject to legal action

adj. (often followed by `to') likely to be affected with

adj. at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant

"Ryan also recommended the increase in Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. guarantees that's now an agreed item, and introduced the proposal to suspend mark-to-market accounting rules, which he describes as liable to throw banks into "a death spiral" because no market now exists for their assets."

responsible    nonexempt    susceptible    likely   

accountable   

reliable    liability   

exposed    obnoxious    responsible    subject    answerable    accountable    bound   

pliable    reliable    undeniable    unjustifiable    unreliable    unverifiable    viable   

applicable    unable    prone    responsible    answerable    indebted    apt    accountable    amenable    beneficial