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.