Definition of Corrigible

Cor´ri`gi`ble   Pronunciation: k?r´r?-j?-b'l
a.1.
1.Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault.
2.Submissive to correction; docile.
3.Deserving chastisement; punishable.
He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language.
- Howell.
4.Having power to correct; corrective.
The . . . .corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
- Shak.


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