Lexic.us

Definition of Corrigible

1. Adjective. Capable of being corrected or set right. "A corrigible prisoner"

Definition of Corrigible

1. a. Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault.

Definition of Corrigible

1. Adjective. Able to be corrected or set right. ¹

2. Adjective. (obsolete) Submissive to correction; docile. ¹

3. Adjective. (obsolete) Deserving chastisement; punishable. ¹

4. Adjective. (obsolete) Having power to correct; corrective. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Corrigible

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corrigible

Literary usage of Corrigible

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"The power and corrigible authority of this, lies in our »ill. ... has also used it rightly : Do I not bear e reasonable corrigible hand over him, ..."

2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"The power and corrigible authority of this, lie« in our will. ... has also used it rightly : Do I not bear a reasonable corrigible hand uver him, ..."

3. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including A Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, John Wilson Croker (1831)
"He has not dragged into light a bashful and corrigible sinner. His censure was directed against a breach of morality, against an act which no man justifies. ..."

4. The Law and Practice of Marine Insurance: Deduced from a Critical by John Duer (1845)
"Partial error in description when corrigible- % 22. 3d class. To remove a latent ambiguity—$ 23. Resemblance between indeterminate words and latent ..."

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