correctable

correctable
correct ► ADJECTIVE 1) free from error; true; right. 2) conforming to accepted social standards. 3) conforming to a particular political or ideological orthodoxy: environmentally correct.
► VERB 1) put right. 2) mark the errors in (a text). 3) tell (someone) that they are in error. 4) adjust so as to function accurately or accord with a standard.
DERIVATIVES correctable adjective correctly adverb correctness noun corrector noun.
ORIGIN from Latin corrigere 'make straight, amend' .

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