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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Corrigible (0.01080 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Corrigible.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: corrigible
corrigible
adj : capable of being corrected or set right;
“a corrigible
defect”;
“a corrigible prisoner” [ant:
incorrigible]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Corrigible
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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