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Corrigible definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CORRIGIBLE, a. [L., to correct.]
1. That may be set right, or amended; as a corrigible defect.
2. That may be reformed; as, the young man may be corrigible.
3. Punishable; that may be chastised for correction. He was adjudged corrigible for abusive words.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin corrigibilis, from Latin corrigere Date: 15th century capable of being set right ; reparable <a corrigible defect> • corrigibility noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 capable of being corrected. 2 (of a person) submissive; open to correction. Derivatives: corrigibly adv. Etymology: ME f. F f. med.L corrigibilis (as CORRECT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Moby Thesaurus

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