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corrigible - 3 dictionary results

cor⋅ri⋅gi⋅ble

[kawr-i-juh-buhl, kor-]
–adjective
1. capable of being corrected or reformed: a corrigible criminal.
2. submissive to correction.
3. subject to being revised, improved, or made more accurate: a corrigible theory.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME (< MF) < ML corrigibilis, equiv. to L corrig(ere) to correct + -ibilis -ible


cor⋅ri⋅gi⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, cor⋅ri⋅gi⋅ble⋅ness, noun
cor⋅ri⋅gi⋅bly, adverb
cor·ri·gi·ble   (kôr'ĭ-jə-bəl, kŏr'-)   
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.

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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