Crossword clues for corrigible
corrigible
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 his corrigible neck.''
--Shak.-
Deserving chastisement; punishable. [Obs.]
He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language.
--Howell. -
Having power to correct; corrective. [Obs.]
The . . . .corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
--Shak.
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.
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.
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.