Meaning of CORRIGIBLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'korijubul
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| | Definition: | | [adj] capable of being corrected or set right; "a corrigible defect"; "a corrigible prisoner" |
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| | Synonyms: | | amendable, correctable, improvable, redeemable, reformable |
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| | Antonyms: | | incorrigible | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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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