Remediable

Meaning

Capable of being corrected, cured, or set right

Origin / Etymology

Latin remediare, to heal or cure

Synonyms

Correctable Curable

Antonyms

Irremediable Incurable

Example Sentence

"Because the erosion of parliamentary scrutiny is structural rather than behavioural, it is not remediable by appeals to conduct, and the reforms that would work are procedural and unglamorous."

🎯 UPSC Usage

Useful in GS2 answers that must distinguish structural from behavioural causes of institutional decline, allowing a candidate to state precisely which part of a problem is remediable through which category of reform.

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