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corrigible

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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.
corrigible [ˈkɒrɪdʒɪbəl]
adj
1. capable of being corrected
2. submissive or submitting to correction
[from Old French, from Medieval Latin corrigibilis, from Latin corrigere to set right, correct]
corrigibility  n
corrigibly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.corrigible - capable of being corrected or set right; "a corrigible defect"; "a corrigible prisoner"
incorrigible - impervious to correction by punishment


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Graves seems less interested in theoretical limitations than in corrigible factual ones, such as that of the great Edmund Malone, who "could not imagine the Globe without two hanging chandeliers for lights," as Graves observes, "because the theater with which he was familiar -- the theater of Cibber and Garrick -- had them" (65-66).
Shakespeare and the Globe by MACDONALD, RONALD R. / Renaissance Quarterly
None of these measures were employed when I was in school, and look what an in corrigible troublemaker I turned out to be.
Big Brother goes to high school by Dority, Barbara / The Humanist
We all, humanists and religious fundamentalists alike, are driven initially toward our beliefs by emotive engines--by emotors, to neologize--but humanism's beliefs are corrigible by experience precisely because they are based in science, whose always,tentative conclusions await the next test that may force revision or abandonment upon them.
Postmodern anti-foundationalism examined by Clark, Thomas W. / The Humanist
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