absolvitor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin absolvitor (literally “let him be acquitted”), the third-person singular future passive imperative form of absolvō (“I absolve, acquit, or declare innocent”).^[1] Compare absolutory.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æbˈsɒl.vɪ.tɔː/, enPR: ăbsŏlʹvĭtôr
(US) IPA^(key): /æbˈsɑl.və.tɚ/, /æbˈzɑl.və.tɚ/, /æbˈsɑl.və.tɔɹ/, /æbˈzɑl.və.tɔɹ/

Noun

absolvitor (plural absolvitors)

(Scots law) A decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal.^[2]
- 1668 December 19, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575:
  Pitmedden purſues Seaton of Menzies as Repreſenting his Father, who was one of the Purſuers Brothers Tutors, for his Fathers Intromiſſion with the Pupils Means, who alleadged Abſolvitor.

Antonyms

condemnator

Derived terms

References

^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absolvitor”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.
^ “absolvitor, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Anagrams

bloviators

Latin

Verb

absolvitor

second/third-person singular future passive imperative of absolvō

Descendants

→ English: absolvitor

[SOED-1] Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absolvitor”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.

[DSL-2] “absolvitor, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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