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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

ameliorable, amendable, controllable, correctable, curable, domesticable, domitable, emendable, fixable, governable, handleable, improvable, manageable, manipulable, manipulatable, medicable, mendable, perfectible, reclaimable, recoverable, rectifiable, recyclable, redeemable, remediable, repairable, reparable, restorable, restrainable, retrievable, reversible, tamable, untroublesome

Dictionary Results for corrigible:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

corrigible
    adj 1: capable of being corrected or set right; "a corrigible
           defect"; "a corrigible prisoner" [ant: incorrigible]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Corrigible \Cor"ri*gi*ble\ (k?r"r?-j?-b'l), a. [LL. corribilis,
   fr. L. corrigere to correct: cf. F. corrigible. See
   Correrct.]
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   1. Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a
      corrigible fault.
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   2. Submissive to correction; docile. "Bending down his
      corrigible neck." --Shak.
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   3. Deserving chastisement; punishable. [Obs.]
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            He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible
            for such presumptuous language.       --Howell.
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   4. Having power to correct; corrective. [Obs.]
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            The . . . .corrigible authority of this lies in our
            wills.                                --Shak.
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