liable
Meanings
adj
- Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
- Subject; susceptible; prone.
- Exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable.
- Likely.
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Etymology
From Old French lier (“to bind”), from Latin ligō, ligāre (“to bind, to tie”). Compare typologically Russian обя́занный (objázannyj), обяза́тельный (objazátelʹnyj) (akin to вяза́ть (vjazátʹ)).
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