Cor"ri*gi*ble (k?r"r?-j?-b'l), a. [LL. corribilis, fr. L. corrigere to correct: cf. F. corrigible. See Correrct.]
1.
Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault.
2.
Submissive to correction; docile.
"Bending down his
corrigible neck."
Shak.
3.
Deserving chastisement; punishable.
[Obs.]
He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language.
Howell.
4.
Having power to correct; corrective.
[Obs.]
The . . . .corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
Shak.
© Webster 1913.