salvability
- noun
- /sælˈvæbɪlɪti/
- The engineer assessed the salvability of the old bridge after the storm damage.
Examples
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The mechanic determined the salvability of the car after the accident.
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The team's analysis focused on the salvability of the project within the budget constraints.
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Once Goodwin conceded, however, that Christ had died not for some, but rather for all of humanity, a roadblock to pagan capability and salvability was cleared.
Academic text (2018) -
As John Marenbon has shown, intrepid Christian intelligences negotiated "the Problem of Paganism" by endorsing the salvability of pagans.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
How easy it is to fix something when it is broken
How easily people can fix something and use it again after damage
The ability to be put back to how it was before
How easy it is to find and access information when needed
Antonyms
How Recoverable
Surface Forms
Morphology
salvability = salvable (transparent) = salv + able + ity
Clear adjectival base 'salvable' plus '-ity' forms the noun meaning 'the quality or possibility of being saved'.
Etymology
Salvability comes from the root salv-, which means 'to save' and you can see it in common words like salvage and salvation. So, salvability is the quality or chance of being 'saved', repaired, or recovered.