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cor⋅ri⋅gi⋅ble
[kawr-i-juh-buh
l, 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. |
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| 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. |
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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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