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corrigible

[kawr-i-juh-buh l, kor-]
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adjective

capable of being corrected or reformed: a corrigible criminal.
submissive to correction.
subject to being revised, improved, or made more accurate: a corrigible theory.

RELATED WORDS

correctable, rectifiable, curable, amendable, emendable, fixable, improvable, recoverable, redeemable, restorable, amenable, capable, mendable, reparative

Nearby words

  1. corrientes,
  2. corrigan,
  3. corrigan's pulse,
  4. corrigan, mairead,
  5. corrigendum,
  6. corrin,
  7. corrival,
  8. corroborant,
  9. corroborate,
  10. corroboration

Origin of corrigible

1425–75; late Middle English (< Middle French) < Medieval Latin corrigibilis, equivalent to Latin corrig(ere) to correct + -ibilis -ible
Related formscor·ri·gi·bil·i·ty, cor·ri·gi·ble·ness, nouncor·ri·gi·bly, adverb
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corrigible

adjective

capable of being corrected
submissive or submitting to correction
Derived Formscorrigibility, nouncorrigibly, adverb

Word Origin for corrigible

C15: from Old French, from Medieval Latin corrigibilis, from Latin corrigere to set right, correct
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Word Origin and History for corrigible

corrigible

adj.

mid-15c., from Middle French corrigible, from Medieval Latin corrigibilis "that which can be corrected," from Latin corrigere (see correct). Related: Corrigibility.

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