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  • adjective Capable of being retried.

Etymologies

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retry +‎ -able

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Examples

  • And no more potential, retriable error was at risk if the jury was not shielded from the fact that its recommendation of death, would be just that, a recommendation, that can, and often is, altered by a judge, an appellate court or by a last minute reprieve by a governor because the state's procedures are not effective enough to accomplish it quickly and with little or no pain.

    Jennifer Brunner: Time for a Moratorium to Rethink Executions 2009

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