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CORRIGIBLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being corrected or set right
Example:
a corrigible prisoner
Classified under:
Similar:
amendable; correctable (capable of being corrected by additions)
improvable (susceptible of improvement)
redeemable; reformable (susceptible to improvement or reform)
Antonym:
incorrigible (impervious to correction by punishment)
Derivation:
correct (punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience)
