1. capable of being corrected, reformed, or improved
Usage: formal

Examples

• The teacher believed that even the most disruptive students were corrigible with proper guidance.
• His bad habits were corrigible through consistent effort and discipline.
• The judge considered the young offender corrigible and sentenced him to community service.
• Unlike his incorrigible brother, Tom was corrigible and willing to change his ways.
• The therapist assured the parents that their child’s behavioral problems were corrigible.
• She demonstrated that her mistakes were corrigible by learning from them quickly.