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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: corrigible adj : capable of being corrected or set right "a corrigible defect"; "a corrigible prisoner" [ant: {incorrigible}]
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