单词 | defectibility |
释义 | defectibilityn. The fact or quality of being defectible; liability to fail or fall short; fallibility; = defectability n.Frequently in religious contexts. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > types of: defectiveness or faultiness defection1526 faultiness1530 lameness1530 defecta1538 badness1539 defectuosity1602 defectiveness1603 defectibilitya1617 shortness1644 defectuousness1654 defectability1662 demerit1832 wonkiness1982 a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Epist. First Chapter Paul to Ephesians (1618) xi. 275 This is..to detect..the defectibility..in his creature. 1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV 4 Sin came first into the world from the Defectibilitie of our first Parents their Free-wil. 1705 C. Purshall Ess. Mechanism Macrocosm 13 A Defectibilty [sic] in these is Inconsistent with Infinite Wisdom. a1742 W. Crawford Zion's Traveller (1743) lvii. 129 There is no Hazard now from the Mutability of a created Will, or the Defectibility of created Grace. 1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. viii. 192 The certain defectibility of all institutions, which depend not upon the principle of self-government. 1903 Reader July 135/2 He is not shocked if in some masterly picture of human life..sin, evil, falsehood, treachery, selfishness, or what not of human defectibility, enter in. 2013 J. Pitts Principalities & Powers ii. 42 Choice grounds practices of accountability, making ethical performance and awareness of defectibility more likely. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1617 |
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