mendableadj.
/ˈmɛndəbl/, U.S. /ˈmɛndəb(ə)l/ Able to be mended; capable of improvement.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [adjective] > capable of improvement
mendable1533
improvable1649
ameliorable1807
society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > [adjective] > reformed > able to be
recuperable?a1439
reformable?a1439
reduciblec1475
mendable1533
corrigible1583
reclaimable1583
redeemable1611
society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [adjective] > able to be mended or repaired
reparable1555
repairable1561
fashionable1607
mendable1638
1533 T. More Apol. xlviii, in Wks. 925/2 And those extreme vices..diligently refourme & amende in such as are mendable.
1638 in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 282 The locks..are not mendable when out of tune.
1890 Graphic 11 Oct. 405/3 If I thought there was aught mendable in thee that could be shaped by the hands of a good wife.
1943 B. Johnston Let. 23 May in Lett. Home 1926–45 (1998) 302 We are having the old ones [sc. sheets] washed and sent on to you in case they are mendable.
1993 R. Hamilton Spinning Jenny (BNC) 222 This gash on his rump is mendable. No broken bones.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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