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rectifiable

rectifiable

6.8
Able to be fixed or made right
  • adjective
  • /ˈrɛktɪfaɪəbl/
translation icon : rectificable
  • The errors in the report were rectifiable, so we made the necessary corrections before submission.

Examples

  • That said, I do feel like the balance is a little off on that for Fallen London and the action bank is a little too small—rectifiable by paying month by month for Exceptional Friend status (non-renewing and only like $5 worth of Fate at a time), but I feel reluctant to do that when I'm in grindy stretches like I am now.

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  • But even if Gregory and Chung return healthy following the bye week, the problem may not be rectifiable.

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  • But then there are the immoral, the message, the warnings to the rectifiable, although forgiven by god are damned to a life of predetermined torment by their sin, consumed by a life of only wrong decisions.

  • Many issues in the software are rectifiable with a simple update from the developers.

  • The mistakes in her essay were rectifiable with proper editing and feedback from her teacher.

Synonyms

salvageable
vsrectifiable
12 5.3

Something you can save or fix after damage

is broader, covering simple correction as well as post-damage recovery
fixable
vsrectifiable
9 2.7

Can be repaired or put right

covers both practical repair and formal correction or adjustment
correctable
vsrectifiable
3 4.8

Able to be fixed or made right

has the same repair sense but also covers general putting right
reparable
vsrectifiable
1 4.9

Able to be fixed

is broader, allowing correction or making right beyond simple repair
corrigible
vsrectifiable
1 9.5

Able to be fixed or made better

emphasizes repair and also includes simple correction without improvement
remediable
vsrectifiable
1 6.6

A problem that can be fixed

is similar but stresses simple repair and physical putting right
restorable
vsrectifiable
1 3.9

Can be fixed to look or work like before

includes restoration but also applies to general correction, not only repair
reformable
vsrectifiable
1 5.2

Able to be changed to be better

focuses on single acts of repair or correction rather than long change
salvable
vsrectifiable
5.8

Can be fixed after damage or loss

focuses more on repair or correction rather than rescue after loss
redressable
vsrectifiable
  • Formal
7.7

Something the law can make right

is similar but is not limited to legal or formal remedies

Antonyms

1 9.6

Not able to be fixed or made better

How Fixable

rectifiable
6.8
irreparable
24 7.6

Surface Forms

rectifiable positive

Morphology

rectifiable = rectify (transparent) = rectify + able

Derived directly from the verb 'rectify' with the productive suffix '-able' meaning 'capable of being', so the meaning 'capable of being corrected' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Rectifiable comes from the Latin root rectus, meaning 'straight' or 'right'. Think of the common word rectify or the English word 'right' — to rectify is to 'make it right', so rectifiable describes something that can be corrected or put right.