absolvo

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abˈsolvo/

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• Rhymes: -olvo
• Hyphenation: ab‧sol‧vo

Noun

absolvo (accusative singular absolvon, plural absolvoj, accusative plural absolvojn)

1. absolution

Galician

Verb

absolvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of absolver

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *s(w)é

Latin se-

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *luh₁-é-ti

Latin luō

Latin solvō

Latin absolvo

From ab- (“from, away from”) + solvō (“to release, to loosen, to dissolve, to take apart”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [apˈsɔɫ.woː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [abˈsɔl.vo]

Verb

absolvō (present infinitive absolvere, perfect active absolvī, supine absolūtum); third conjugation

1. to release, discharge

   Synonyms: persolvō, līberō, excipiō, eximō, ēmittō, exonerō, prīvō

2. to loosen from, make loose, detach, untie

   Synonyms: distraho, persolvo, solvo, explicō

   Antonyms: ligō, colligō, illigō, cōnserō, cōnfīgō, adalligō, alligō, dēligō, nectō, cōnectō, dēfīgō, fīgō

3. (figuratively) to pay off

   Synonyms: ērogō, pendo, luo, persolvo, dissolvo, solvo

4. (figuratively) to complete, finish

   Synonyms: perficiō, cōnficiō, dēfungor, agō, expleō, patrō, cumulō, efficiō, conclūdō, condō, peragō, impleō, exsequor, fungor, nāvō, perpetrō, trānsigō, gerō, claudō, inclūdō, exhauriō

5. to liberate

   Synonyms: līberō, eximō, vindicō, servō, exuō, excipiō, exonerō

   Antonyms: refrēnō, coërceō, saepiō, officiō, obstō, comprimō, impediō, arceō, supprimō

6. (law) to absolve, acquit, declare innocent

   Synonyms: līberō, exonerō, probō

   Antonyms: coarguō, comperiō

   Absolvimus vōs omnis suspīciōnis.

   We absolve you of all suspicion.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of absolvō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	absolvō		absolvis		absolvit		absolvimus		absolvitis		absolvunt
	imperfect	absolvēbam		absolvēbās		absolvēbat		absolvēbāmus		absolvēbātis		absolvēbant
	future	absolvam		absolvēs		absolvet		absolvēmus		absolvētis		absolvent
	perfect	absolvī		absolvistī		absolvit		absolvimus		absolvistis		absolvērunt, absolvēre
	pluperfect	absolveram		absolverās		absolverat		absolverāmus		absolverātis		absolverant
	future perfect	absolverō		absolveris		absolverit		absolverimus		absolveritis		absolverint
passive	present	absolvor		absolveris, absolvere		absolvitur		absolvimur		absolviminī		absolvuntur
	imperfect	absolvēbar		absolvēbāris, absolvēbāre		absolvēbātur		absolvēbāmur		absolvēbāminī		absolvēbantur
	future	absolvar		absolvēris, absolvēre		absolvētur		absolvēmur		absolvēminī		absolventur
	perfect	absolūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	absolūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	absolūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	absolvam		absolvās		absolvat		absolvāmus		absolvātis		absolvant
	imperfect	absolverem		absolverēs		absolveret		absolverēmus		absolverētis		absolverent
	perfect	absolverim		absolverīs		absolverit		absolverīmus		absolverītis		absolverint
	pluperfect	absolvissem		absolvissēs		absolvisset		absolvissēmus		absolvissētis		absolvissent
passive	present	absolvar		absolvāris, absolvāre		absolvātur		absolvāmur		absolvāminī		absolvantur
	imperfect	absolverer		absolverēris, absolverēre		absolverētur		absolverēmur		absolverēminī		absolverentur
	perfect	absolūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	absolūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		absolve		—		—		absolvite		—
	future	—		absolvitō		absolvitō		—		absolvitōte		absolvuntō
passive	present	—		absolvere		—		—		absolviminī		—
	future	—		absolvitor		absolvitor		—		—		absolvuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		absolvere			absolvī			absolvēns			—
future		absolūtūrum esse			absolūtum īrī			absolūtūrus			absolvendus
perfect		absolvisse			absolūtum esse			—			absolūtus
future perfect		—			absolūtum fore			—			—
perfect potential		absolūtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		absolvendī		absolvendō		absolvendum		absolvendō		absolūtum		absolūtū

Derived terms

• absolūtē
• absolūtiō
• absolūtōrius
• absolūtus

Related terms

• dēsolvō
• dissolvō
• exsolvō
• persolvō
• resolvō
• solvō

Descendants

• Catalan: absoldre
• → English: absolve
• Esperanto: absolvi
• Galician: absolver
• → German: absolvieren
• Italian: assolvere
• → Norwegian Bokmål: absolvere
• Old French: assoudre
  • Middle French: absoudre
    • French: absoudre
  • Anglo-Norman: assoiler
    • → English: assoil
• Portuguese: absolver
• Romanian: absolvi
• Sicilian: assòrbiri
• Spanish: absolver

References

• “absolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “absolvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• absolvo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “absolvo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to bring to the highest perfection: perficere et absolvere
    
  • to explain a matter briefly, in a few words (not paucis verbis): rem paucis absolvere (Sall. Iug. 17. 2)
    
  • to settle, finish a transaction: negotium (rem) conficere, absolvere
    
  • to repeal a death-sentence passed on a person: capitis absolvere aliquem
    
  • in short; to be brief: ut paucis (rem) absolvam
    

Portuguese

Verb

absolvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of absolver