absolutory
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin absolūtōrius, from absolvō (“absolve”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (US) IPA(key): /æbˈsɑl.jəˌtɔɹ.i/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective[edit]
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[edit]
serving to absolve
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