Hypertext Webster Gateway: "corrigible"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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