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Corrigibility

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cor·ri·gi·ble  (kôr-j-bl, kr-)
adj.
Capable of being corrected, reformed, or improved.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin corrigibilis, from Latin corrigere, to correct; see correct.]
corri·gi·bili·ty n.
corri·gi·bly adv.
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It expresses a profound cynicism about human corrigibility and represents the final abandonment of a most vulnerable group of people.
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It would prevent the process of learning, the corrigibility of experience.
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I wonder whether corrigibility might not require some, either those presently citizens or those seeking to become citizens, to separate themselves from their identities as members of particular nations.
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