rewardablenessn.
/rᵻˈwɔːdəblnəs/, U.S. /rəˈwɔrdəb(ə)lnəs/, /riˈwɔrdəb(ə)lnəs/ Capability of being rewarded; the state of being worthy of reward. Chiefly in religious contexts.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > reward or a reward > [noun] > capability of being rewarded
rewardableness1651
remunerability1659
1651 J. Goodwin Άπολύτρωσις Άπολυτρώσεως xiii. 341 Nor is that necessity of doing Righteousness, and Obeying God, which rested upon the Will of Christ by the means aforesaid, any whit prejudiciall to the merit, or rewardableness, of what he did and suffered in the flesh.
1684 J. Goodman Winter-evening Conf. ii. 166 What can be the praise or rewardableness of doing that which a man cannot chuse but do..?
1703 E. Grace Funeral-serm. Samuel Crisp 39 Neither did he overlook the Rewardableness of good Works.
1772 J. W. Fletcher Logica Genevensis ii. 32 She pleads for the rewardableness (which is all we understand by the merit) of works.
1817 Times 14 Nov. 3/6 Every where, and upon all occasions, they plead for the rewardableness of works.
1850 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1863) 4th Ser. vii. 43 The doctrine of the rewardableness of work.
1997 E. van der Vliert Complex Interpersonal Confl. Behaviour iv. 80 A subjective utility component that reflects the ‘rewardableness’ of a particular outcome.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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