Absolver

//æbˈzɑl.vɚ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Agent noun of absolve; one who absolves. agent, form-of

    "[…] 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’?"

  2. 2
    someone who grants absolution wordnet

Example

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"[…] 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’?"

Etymology

From absolve + -er.

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