corrigible
Americanadjective
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capable of being corrected or reformed.
a corrigible criminal.
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submissive to correction.
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subject to being revised, improved, or made more accurate.
a corrigible theory.
adjective
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capable of being corrected
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submissive or submitting to correction
Other Word Forms
- corrigibility noun
- corrigibleness noun
- corrigibly adverb
Etymology
Origin of corrigible
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English (from Middle French ), from Medieval Latin corrigibilis, equivalent to Latin corrig(ere) “to correct ” + -ibilis -ible
Example Sentences
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These are failures that are entirely corrigible if the job seeker makes the effort to become self-aware and improve his or her odds of success.
From US News • Nov. 9, 2015
Patient Mediator For much of his life, Nasser was an in corrigible conspirator, and his enemies were never benign.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a big moment for sports-loving Hannegan too: he had been a three-sport letter man at St. Louis University, an in corrigible baseball fan in Washington and a faithful follower of the football Redskins.
From Time Magazine Archive
I heartily hope that if you have been incommoded it is already over, and for a corrigible cause.
From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry
If Courtland did not prove corrigible, why, there was still as good fish in the sea as ever was caught.
From The Witness by Lutz, Grace Livingston Hill
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