susceptible

/sə-ˈsep-tə-bəl/

Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, past participle of suscipere to take up, admit, from sub-, sus- up + capere to take

adjective

  1. capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation

  2. open, subject, or unresistant to some stimulus, influence, or agency

  3. impressionable, responsive

a theory susceptible to proof

liable open exposed subject prone susceptible sensitive mean being by nature or through circumstances likely to experience something adverse. liable implies a possibility or probability of incurring something because of position, nature, or particular situation. open stresses a lack of barriers preventing incurrence.