corrigible
pronunciation
How to pronounce corrigible in British English:
UK ['kɒrɪdʒəbl]
How to pronounce corrigible in American English:
US ['kɒrədʒəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- capable of being corrected or set right
Word Origin
- corrigible (adj.)
- mid-15c., from Middle French corrigible, from Medieval Latin corrigibilis "that which can be corrected," from Latin corrigere (see correct). Related: Corrigibility.
Example
- 1. A corrigible defect ; a corrigible prisoner .
- 2. Rawlsianism , though laudable in spirit , is too theoretical , and has distracted political philosophers from corrigible ills in the actual world .