absolver

English

Etymology

absolve +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æbˈzɑl.vɚ/, /əbˈzɑl.vɚ/

Noun

absolver (plural absolvers)

1. Agent noun of absolve; one who absolves. [First attested in the late 16^th century.]
   • c. 1594 William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act III, Scene 3,^[1]

     […] how hast thou the heart,

     Being a divine, a ghostly confessor,

     A sin-absolver, and my friend profess’d,

     To mangle me with that word ‘banished’?

   • 1684, Richard Baxter, Whether Parish Congregations Be True Christian Churches, London: Thomas Parkhurst, p. 2,^[2]

     […] few men dislike the Lay-Excommunicators and Absolvers more than I do […]

Translations

one who absolves

• Dutch: vergiffenis schenker m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: absolvedor m

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Aragonese

Etymology

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Verb

absolver

1. (transitive) to absolve

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Portuguese

Verb

1. to absolve
2. (law) To acquit
3. to forgive

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin absolvere, present active infinitive of absolvō (“absolve”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /absolˈbeɾ/ [aβ̞.solˈβ̞eɾ]

Verb

1. to absolve
2. to acquit

Related terms

• absolución
• absoluto
• absolutorio

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001