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absolutory

US/æbˈsɑl.jəˌtɔɹ.i/

absolutory adjective: serving to absolve; absolving; giving absolution.

Adjective

absolutory (comparative more absolutory, superlative most absolutory)

  1. Serving to absolve; absolving; giving absolution.
    • Finally, in the self-absolutory strategy, a negative past is seen to have produced a negative present.1997, Dan P. McAdams, The Stories We Live by: Personal Myths and the Making of the Self, page 107

Synonyms of absolutory

Forms of absolutory

comparativemore absolutory
superlativemost absolutory

Origin of absolutory

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

Questions about absolutory

What does absolutory mean?
Absolutory means serving to absolve; absolving; giving absolution.
What part of speech is absolutory?
Absolutory is an adjective.
How do you pronounce absolutory?
Absolutory is pronounced /æbˈsɑl.jəˌtɔɹ.i/ (US).

Words near absolutory in the dictionary

  1. absolutizations
  2. absolutize
  3. absolutized
  4. absolutizes
  5. absolutizing
  6. absolutory
  7. absolvable
  8. absolvatory
  9. absolve
  10. absolved
  11. absolvement

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