Definition of Corrigible

1. Adjective. Capable of being corrected or set right. "A corrigible prisoner"

Similar to: Amendable, Correctable, Improvable, Redeemable, Reformable
Derivative terms: Correct
Antonyms: Incorrigible

Definition of Corrigible

1. a. Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault.

Definition of Corrigible

1. Adjective. Able to be corrected or set right. ¹

2. Adjective. (obsolete) Submissive to correction; docile. ¹

3. Adjective. (obsolete) Deserving chastisement; punishable. ¹

4. Adjective. (obsolete) Having power to correct; corrective. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Corrigible

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corrigible

corridor disease
corridor of uncertainty
corridor warrior
corridor warriors
corridorless
corridorlike
corridors
corridos
corrie
corries
corrigenda
corrigendum
corrigent
corrigibilities
corrigibility
corrigibleness
corrin
corrinoid
corrinoids
corrins
corrival
corrivalled
corrivalling
corrivalries
corrivalry
corrivals
corrivalship
corrivate
corrivated

Literary usage of Corrigible

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"The power and corrigible authority of this, lies in our »ill. ... has also used it rightly : Do I not bear e reasonable corrigible hand over him, ..."

2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"The power and corrigible authority of this, lie« in our will. ... has also used it rightly : Do I not bear a reasonable corrigible hand uver him, ..."

3. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including A Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, John Wilson Croker (1831)
"He has not dragged into light a bashful and corrigible sinner. His censure was directed against a breach of morality, against an act which no man justifies. ..."

4. The Law and Practice of Marine Insurance: Deduced from a Critical by John Duer (1845)
"Partial error in description when corrigible- % 22. 3d class. To remove a latent ambiguity—$ 23. Resemblance between indeterminate words and latent ..."

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