Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic;
- Example: "alterable clothing"- Example: "alterable conditions of employment"2.
(of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Alterable \Al"ter*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. alt['e]rable.]
Capable of being altered.
[1913 Webster]
Our condition in this world is mutable and uncertain,
alterable by a thousand accidents. --Rogers.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
alterable
adj 1: capable of being changed or altered in some
characteristic; "alterable clothing"; "alterable
conditions of employment" [ant: inalterable,
unalterable]
2: (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being
changed to one less severe