'Corrigible' definitions:
Definition of 'corrigible'
From: WordNet
adjective
Capable of being corrected or set right; "a corrigible defect"; "a corrigible prisoner" [ant: incorrigible]
Definition of 'Corrigible'
From: GCIDE
- Corrigible \Cor"ri*gi*ble\ (k?r"r?-j?-b'l), a. [LL. corribilis, fr. L. corrigere to correct: cf. F. corrigible. See Correrct.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Submissive to correction; docile. "Bending down his corrigible neck." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Deserving chastisement; punishable. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language. --Howell. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Having power to correct; corrective. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The . . . .corrigible authority of this lies in our wills. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'corrigible'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ameliorable,
- amendable,
- controllable,
- correctable,
- curable,
- domesticable,
- domitable,
- emendable,
- fixable,
- governable,
- handleable,
- improvable,
- manageable,
- manipulable,
- manipulatable,
- medicable,
- mendable,
- perfectible,
- reclaimable,
- recoverable,
- rectifiable,
- recyclable,
- redeemable,
- remediable,
- repairable,
- reparable,
- restorable,
- restrainable,
- retrievable,
- reversible,
- tamable,
- untroublesome