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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Eligible for bail.
  • adjective Allowing or admitting of bail.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being delivered; deliverable.
  • Capable of being set free upon giving bond with sureties; capable of being admitted to bail: used of persons.
  • Admitting of bail: as, a bailable offense.

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

  • adjective Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; -- used of persons.
  • adjective Admitting of bail.
  • adjective That can be delivered in trust.

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

  • adjective of a person Eligible for bail.
  • adjective of an offence For which bail is permitted.

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

  • adjective admitting of bail
  • adjective eligible for bail

Etymologies

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bail +‎ -able

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