| alterability | (n) the quality of being alterable, Ant. unalterability |
| alterable | (adj) capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic, Ant. unalterable, Example: alterable clothing; alterable conditions of employment |
| alterable | (adj) (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe |
| Alterability | n. [ Cf. F. altérabilité. ] The quality of being alterable; alterableness. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Alterable | a. [ Cf. F. altérable. ] Capable of being altered. [ 1913 Webster ] Our condition in this world is mutable and uncertain, alterable by a thousand accidents. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Alterableness | n. The quality of being alterable; variableness; alterability. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Alterably | adv. In an alterable manner. [ 1913 Webster ] |