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Chastisement vs Corrigible - What's the difference?

chastisement | corrigible |

As a noun chastisement

is the act of chastising.

As an adjective corrigible is

able to be corrected or set right.

chastisement

English

Alternative forms

* chastizement

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of chastising.
  • A rebuke.
  • A punishment.

    • corrigible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be corrected or set right.
  • (obsolete) Submissive to correction; docile.
    • Bending down his corrigible neck. — Shakespeare.
  • (obsolete) Deserving chastisement; punishable.
    • He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language. — Howell.
  • (obsolete) Having power to correct; corrective.
    • The corrigible authority of this lies in our wills. — Shakespeare.
    (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * (able to be corrected) correctable

    Antonyms

    * incorrigible

    Related terms

    * corrigibility

    See also

    * correctable