Absolutory

//æbˈsɑl.jəˌtɔɹ.i// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Serving to absolve; absolving; giving absolution.

    "Finally, in the self-absolutory strategy, a negative past is seen to have produced a negative present."

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"Finally, in the self-absolutory strategy, a negative past is seen to have produced a negative present."

Etymology

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

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