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Corrigible   /kˈɔrədʒəbəl/   Listen
Corrigible

adjective
1.
Capable of being corrected or set right.  "A corrigible prisoner"





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"Corrigible" Quotes from Famous Books



... have any real 'corrigible niggers, but I heard of 'em plenty on other places. When they was real 'corrigible, the white folks said they was like mad dogs and didn't mind to kill them so much as killin' a sheep. They'd take 'em to the graveyard and shoot 'em down and bury 'em face downward, ...
— Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves - Texas Narratives, Part 1 • Works Projects Administration


Words linked to "Corrigible" :   redeemable, improvable, amendable, incorrigible, correct, correctable, reformable


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