retrievementn.

1657 J. Owen Of Communion with God iii. iii. 276 Hence is their great reliefe, and the retrivement of their Spirits; their consolation nor trouble depend..on the powerfull and effectuall workings of the Holy Ghost.

1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra iii. xi. 72 It is discovered to be a special retrivement of it, (by many and signal convincing Evidences).

a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) I. iii. 239 Now excited and stirred up to act, by the suggestion, ministry, and retrievement of the senses.

1748 tr. Life Augustus Cæsar I. 144 He had been ruined without a possibility of retrievement.

1882 W. Whitman Leaves of Grass (new ed.) 262 Each to keep and all, retrievements out of the night.

1883 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 174 Chance for moral retrievement in England there is none. The stigma of penal servitude is..lasting.

1928 Science 7 Sept. 218/2 The situation is not wholly irremediable, though the older conditions can never completely return. But at least a partial retrievement is possible.

1998 Sunday Tasmanian (Nexis) 8 Feb. Start retrieve with the line running along the channel as this is usually where the larger fish lie. Retrievement in this manner covers the most productive water.