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Corrigible

Corrigible Meaning & Definition
Corrigible Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Corrigible?

[adj] capable of being corrected or set right; "a corrigible defect"; "a corrigible prisoner"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Corrigible: amendable | correctable | improvable | redeemable | reformable

Related Terms | Find terms related to Corrigible: ameliorable | amendable | controllable | correctable | curable | domesticable | domitable | emendable | fixable | governable | handleable | improvable | manageable | manipulable | manipulatable | medicable | mendable | perfectible | reclaimable | recoverable | rectifiable | recyclable | redeemable | remediable | repairable | reparable | restorable | restrainable | retrievable | reversible | tamable | untroublesome

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Corrigible In Webster's Dictionary

\Cor"ri*gi*ble\ (k?r"r?-j?-b'l), a. [LL. corribilis, fr. L. corrigere to correct: cf. F. corrigible. See {Correrct}.] 1. Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault. 2. Submissive to correction; docile. ``Bending down his corrigible neck.'' --Shak. 3. Deserving chastisement; punishable. [Obs.] He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language. --Howell. 4. Having power to correct; corrective. [Obs.] The . . . .corrigible authority of this lies in our wills. --Shak.

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