About The Word Corrigible
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Corrigible
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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 See Also | 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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