corrigible

/ˈkɔrədʒəbəl/

Something that can be fixed is corrigible. When you have a chance to go back and fix the mistakes on a math test, any errors you make are corrigible.

Use the adjective corrigible when you want to emphasize that something can be improved or corrected. You might argue that even a country's constitution is corrigible, or hope that your physics midterm is corrigible. A much more common word is incorrigible, which means hopeless or not fixable, but is most often used to describe someone's personality. The Latin corrigere, "to put straight or set right," is the root of both corrigible and incorrigible.

Definitions of corrigible

1. adjective

   capable of being corrected or set right
   “a corrigible defect”

   “a corrigible prisoner”

   synonyms:

   amendable, correctable

   capable of being corrected by additions

   improvable

   susceptible of improvement

   redeemable, reformable

   susceptible to improvement or reform

   antonyms:

   incorrigible

   impervious to correction by punishment

   unreformable, unregenerate

   unrepentant and incapable of being reformed

   uncontrollable, uncorrectable, unmanageable

   incapable of being controlled or managed

   disobedient

   not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority