corrigible

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CORRIGIBLE, adjective [Latin , to correct.] 1. That may be set right, or amended; as a corrigible defect. 2. That may be reformed; as, the young man may be corrigible 3. Punishable; that may be chastised for correction. He was adjudged corrigible for abusive words.
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