Complete Definition of "prevenience"

English

Etymology
Latin praeveniens, 'to come before'.

Noun
en-noun

  1. The act or condition of occuring earlier; being antecedent. Something done beforehand in anticipation of a later situation.

Usage notes
The word and all its inflections and derivations occur nowhere else in contemporary English save the context of Methodism and the theology of w:John Wesley. See prevenient grace.

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