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retrievableness

retrievableness noun: retrievability.

Noun

retrievableness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) 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

Origin of retrievableness

From retrievable + -ness.

Questions about retrievableness

What does retrievableness mean?
Retrievableness means retrievability.
What part of speech is retrievableness?
Retrievableness is a noun.

Words near retrievableness in the dictionary

  1. retrier
  2. retriers
  3. retries
  4. retrievability
  5. retrievable
  6. retrievableness
  7. retrievably
  8. retrieval
  9. retrievals
  10. retrieve
  11. retrieved

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