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absolver

noun
/æbˈzɑl.vɚ/US

Etymology

From absolve + -er.

  1. derived from absolvō — “set free, acquit”
  2. inherited from absolven
  3. suffixed as absolver — “absolve + er”

Definitions

  1. Agent noun of absolve

    Agent noun of absolve; one who absolves.

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

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA