liability

Roget category 177

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.8. Causation
›› 1.8.4. Indirect power

#177. Liability

noun

liability, liableness^† — possibility, contingency — susceptivity^†, susceptibility, exposure.

verb

be liable etc. adj. — incur, lay oneself open to — run the chance, stand a chance — lie under, expose oneself to, open a door to.

adjective

liable, subject — in danger etc. 665 — open to, exposed to, obnoxious to — answerable — unexempt from^† — apt to — dependent on — incident to.
contingent, incidental, possible, on the cards, within range of, at the mercy of.

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