Corrigible

Origin

From Middle French corrigible

Full definition of corrigible

Adjective

1. Able to be corrected or set right.
2. (obsolete) Submissive to correction; docile.Bending down his corrigible neck. — Shakespeare.
3. (obsolete) Deserving chastisement; punishable.He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language. — Howell.
4. (obsolete) Having power to correct; corrective.The ... corrigible authority of this lies in our wills. — Shakespeare.

Synonyms

• (able to be corrected) correctable

Antonyms

• incorrigible

Related terms

• corrigibility