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Hardly a lost cause
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corrigible
Word definitions for corrigible in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Able to be corrected or set right. 2 (context obsolete English) Submissive to correction; docile. 3 (context obsolete English) Deserving chastisement; punishable. 4 (context obsolete English) Having power to correct; corrective.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Corrigible \Cor"ri*gi*ble\ (k?r"r?-j?-b'l), a. [LL. corribilis, fr. L. corrigere to correct: cf. F. corrigible. See Correrct .] Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault. Submissive to correction; docile. ``Bending down ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from Middle French corrigible , from Medieval Latin corrigibilis "that which can be corrected," from Latin corrigere (see correct ). Related: Corrigibility .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. capable of being corrected or set right; "a corrigible defect"; "a corrigible prisoner" [ant: incorrigible ]
Usage examples of corrigible.
And Barbara, covered by the network of sunlight, could not help impatience with a suffering which seemed to her so corrigible by action.
Our bodies are our gardens, to the whichour wills are gardeners: so that if we will plantnettles, or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed upthyme, supply it with one gender of herbs, ordistract it with many, either to have it sterilewith idleness, or manured with industry, why, thepower and corrigible authority of this lies in ourwills.