absolutory

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English

Etymology

From Latin absolūtōrius, from absolvō (“absolve”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /æbˈsɑl.jəˌtɔɹ.i/
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Adjective

absolutory (comparative more absolutory, superlative most absolutory)

Serving to absolve; absolving; giving absolution.
- 1997, Dan P. McAdams, The Stories We Live by: Personal Myths and the Making of the Self, page 107:
  Finally, in the self-absolutory strategy, a negative past is seen to have produced a negative present.

Translations

serving to absolve

Catalan: absolutori
Dutch: absolutie gevend, vrijspraak verlenend
French: absolutoire (fr)
Galician: absolutorio
Italian: assolutorio (it)
Latin: absolutorius
Occitan: absolutòri
Portuguese: absolutório
Spanish: absolutorio (es)

References

^ Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 , →ISBN), page 6

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