absolutory

English

Etymology

From Latin absolūtōrius, from absolvō (“absolve”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈsɑl.jəˌtɔɹ.i/

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Adjective

absolutory (comparative more absolutory, superlative most absolutory)

1. 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)