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corrigible | corrigibleness |

As an adjective corrigible

is able to be corrected or set right.

As a noun corrigibleness is

the state or quality of being corrigible; corrigibility.

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

    corrigibleness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or quality of being corrigible; corrigibility.
    • (Webster 1913)