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cor·ri·gi·ble    Audio Help   (kôr'ĭ-jə-bəl, kŏr'-)  Pronunciation Key  adj.   Capable of being corrected, reformed, or improved. [Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin corrigibilis, from Latin corrigere, to correct; see correct.] cor'ri·gi·bil'i·ty n., cor'ri·gi·bly adv.

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corrigible

adjective

capable of being corrected or set right; "a corrigible defect"; "a corrigible prisoner" [ant: incorrigible]

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Corrigible

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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