corrigibleadj.
/ˈkɒrɪdʒɪb(ə)l/ 1. Capable of being corrected; rectifiable.
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the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective] > put right or amended > able to be
remediable?a1425
corrigible1483
amendablea1500
recoverable1585
curable1592
sanable1623
rectifiable1629
1483 in Eng. Gilds 337 Provided allway, that..ony of the said articlis..be reformabyll and corrigabill by the Mayre, Bailiffs, and the comen counsayle of the citee.
1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 244 A skilful artist, who..knows how to correct things corrigible.
1806 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. Pt. 2nd 52 The disorders of the digestive organs are more corrigible by medical remedies.
1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece X. ii. lxxxi. 618 A vote which is understood to be final and never afterwards to be corrigible.
2. Of faults, weaknesses, etc.: Capable of being amended; capable of improvement or reformation.
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the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective] > put right or amended > able to be > specifically of faults or weaknesses
repairable1489
correctablea1661
corrigible1673
correctible1889
1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. §1. 5 The infirmity for the most part proves very corrigible.
1700 J. Astry tr. D. de Saavedra Fajardo Royal Politician I. 52 Both these Passions, as well that of Bashfulness, as Commiseration are corrigible.
1820 Examiner No. 614. 34/1 Despotism was a thing corrigible by experience.
1833 D. O'Connell Corr. (1888) I. 332 The other abuses will be easily corrigible.
3. Of persons, their dispositions, etc.: Open or submissive to correction.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > [adjective] > reformed > able to be
recuperable?a1439
reformable?a1439
reduciblec1475
mendable1533
corrigible1583
reclaimable1583
redeemable1611
1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. iii. 150 If he be corrigible not euen in the Lordes cause should I curse my brother.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. xv. 74 Bending downe His corrigible necke. View more context for this quotation
1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes 56 Such..punishments have made some corrigible offenders to become desperate and incurable.
1776 S. Johnson in Boswell Life Johnson (1887) III. 62 He has not dragged into light a bashful and corrigible sinner.
1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 23 Nov. In public they are meek and corrigible.
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1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1347/2 If anie prince fell into anie such kind of error, that prince were corrigible, but of whome?
1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 196 He was taken up very short, and adjudgd corrigible for such presumptuous language.
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. v. §1 Our inclinations averse and corrigible.
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the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective]
remediousa1450
amendablea1500
amending1551
reparative1582
corrigible1602
corrective1603
remediate1608
remedial1612
amendful1639
reparatory1648
curative1658
relevant1676
correcting1692
correctory1758
redeeming1827
rectificatory1851
rectificative1863
1602 B. Jonson Poetaster ii. i. sig. C2v Doe I not beare a reasonable corrigible hand ouer him, Crispinus? View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 325 The power, and corrigible Authority of this, lies in our wills. View more context for this quotation
Derivatives
ˌcorrigiˈbility n.
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the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > capability of
corrigibility1765
remediability1828
1765 Misc. in Ann. Reg. 213/1 The corrigibility of a bad soil.
ˈcorrigibleness n.
ˈcorrigibly adv.
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the world > action or operation > amending > [adverb] > in a manner able to be amended
corrigibly1846
1846 T. De Quincey On Christianity in Tait's Edinb. Mag. June 344/1 Whatever was good or corrigibly bad, man saw associated with weakness.
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