Meanings
nounretrievableness (uncountable)
- rareuncountableretrievability
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
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retrievableness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retrievableness
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