adjective curable; fig. one who can be helped or pardoned. Only in compounds a˚; incurable unpardonable Vv-a.322 (of a sick person); Dhp-a.i.25 (id.); Mil.322; of Devadatta w. ref. to his rebirth in Niraya Vin.ii.202 = Iti.85; MN.i.393; & sa˚; pardonable Mil.192, Mil.221, Mil.344.

der. fr. tikiccha