absolutory

absolutory

English

Etymology

From Latin absolūtōrius, from absolvō (“absolve”).[1]

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈsɑl.jəˌtɔɹ.i/

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

Dutch: absolutie gevend, vrijspraak verlenend

Portuguese: absolutório

References

1. Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 6