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retrievableness en · NOUN

Etymology

From retrievable + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) retrievability
    • The notion of inherent retrievableness cannot consist with the condition of a totally fallen creature. And yet it must be by some such influence that evil is repressed, and goodness encouraged. 1839, Richard Treffry, Letters on the atonement, page 185: