单词 | rewardable |
释义 | rewardableadj. Capable of being rewarded; worthy or deserving of reward. Chiefly in religious or moral contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > [adjective] > rewarded > capable of being rewardablec1454 remunerable1593 recompensable1648 c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 76 (MED) Þei [sc. moral virtues] ben suche..for whiche we ben rewardable. c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 52 (MED) Þe vse of freedom and liberte of wil..is..rewardable of god. a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) i. xii. sig. C.iiiv We graunte..that no good woorke of manne is rewardable in heauen of his own nature. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. ix. 69 Whether they be in their owne nature rewardable or punishable. 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 71 Neither is Vertue rewardable, nor Vice punishable, except it be done..with intent of the will. 1684 R. Baxter Catholick Communion 7 He is rewardable as he suffereth for fearing to disobey God. 1709 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels IV. 108 The Actions were Voluntary and Rewardable in St. Paul. 1760 J. Wesley Jrnl. 20 Dec. (1922) III. 30 Till you know the difference between meritorious and rewardable. 1829 I. Taylor in Monthly Repos. Theol. & Gen. Lit. July 477 Christian philanthropy..is vicarious; obligatory; rewardable. 1868 A. Bain Mental & Moral Sci. (1875) 615 Virtue is in itself rewardable; vice is of essential demerit. 1906 E. Westermarck Origin & Developm. Moral Ideas I. xi. 299 If motives were duly considered, a man could not be held rewardable for an act which he performs solely for his own benefit. 2002 MIS Q. 26 p. xi Intended..to make such research rewardable in the tenure-and-promotion system. Derivatives ˌrewardaˈbility n. [compare earlier rewardableness n.] ΚΠ 1732 True Cause Declensions in Relig. 10 As to the rewardability of such a temper, or disposition, it needs no further proof, if you'll allow the divine approbation to be a reward. 1870 Evangelical Repository June 317 As to the doctrine of the rewardability of good works, we are inclined to come to the conclusion that Dr. Anderson deserves the thanks of the Christian Church for the prominence he has given to it. 2003 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 42 17 Vane's commitment to the rewardability of Quaker deeds sounds a loud discordant note within a soteriology that elsewhere inclines to antinomian exultations of sola gratia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1454 |
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