01 a. Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault.
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Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault.
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Submissive to correction; docile.
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Deserving chastisement; punishable.[Obs.]“He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language.” — Howell.
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Having power to correct; corrective.[Obs.]“The . . . .corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.” — Shak.