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Corrigible vs Reformable - What's the difference?

corrigible | reformable | Synonyms |

Corrigible is a synonym of reformable.


As adjectives the difference between corrigible and reformable

is that corrigible is able to be corrected or set right while reformable is that can be reformed.

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

    reformable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That can be reformed.

    • Synonyms

    * corrigible * redeemable

    Antonyms

    * unreformable