CORRIGIBLE


Meaning of CORRIGIBLE in English

— corrigibility, corrigibleness , n. — corrigibly , adv.

/kawr"i jeuh beuhl, kor"-/ , adj.

1. capable of being corrected or reformed: a corrigible criminal.

2. submissive to correction.

3. subject to being revised, improved, or made more accurate: a corrigible theory.

[ 1425-75; late ME ( corrigibilis, equiv. to L corrig ( ere ) to CORRECT + -ibilis -IBLE ]

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