• IPA: /ˈlaɪ̯əbəl/, [ˈlaɪ̯əbɫ̩], [ˈlaɪ̯əbəɫ]

liable

1. bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.

   The surety is liable for the debt of his principal.

   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

     He inveighed against the folly of making oneself liable for the debts of others; vented many bitter execrations against the brother; and concluded with wishing something could be done for the unfortunate family.

     The passion for philosophy, like that for religion, seems liable to this inconvenience

2. subject; susceptible.

   This crime is liable to imprisonment for life.

   A man liable to heart disease.

   • 1791, John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] ‎, London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, OCLC 37805775 ↗, page 211, columns earth}}] is liable to a coarſe vulgar pronunciation, as if written Urth;{{...}:

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3. exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable.
4. (as predicate, with "to" and an infinitive) likely.

   Someone is liable to slip on your icy sidewalk.

• liability
• reliable

• French: responsable
• German: (Switzerland) fehlbar; (Germany, Austria) haftbar, haftend, haftpflichtig
• Italian: responsabile
• Portuguese: responsável
• Russian: обя́занный
• Spanish: responsable

• Italian: punibile, passibile (of an act); soggetto (of a person, an animal, an object, ...)

• German: neigend, unterworfen
• Portuguese: passível
• Russian: подверженный