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Corrigible
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adjective
Corrigible
adj.
1.
Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as,
a corrigible fault
.
2.
Submissive to correction; docile.
"Bending down his corrigible neck."
3.
Deserving chastisement; punishable. (Obs.)
"He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language."
4.
Having power to correct; corrective. (Obs.)
"The...corrigible authority of this lies in our wills."
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Words linked to "Corrigible" :
redeemable
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reformable
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incorrigible
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improvable
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correctable
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