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Webster 1913 Edition
Absolutory
Ab-sol′u-to-ry
,Adj.
[L.
absolutorius
, fr. absolvere
to absolve.] Serving to absolve; absolving.
“An absolutory sentence.” Ayliffe.
Webster 1828 Edition
Absolutory
AB'SOLUTORY
,Adj.
Definition 2024
absolutory
absolutory
English
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.
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Translations
serving to absolve
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References
- ↑ Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], ISBN 0-394-43600-8), page 6