#275 corrigible

corrigible- capable of being corrected; submissive or submitting to correction

C15 from Old French, from Medieval Latin corrigibilis, from Latin corrigere to set right, correct

opposite incorrigible

Impressions are corrigible, however, and they can be measured by a standard.

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