absolvitor

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin absolvitor (literally “let him be acquitted”), the third-person singular future passive imperative form of absolvō (“to absolve, acquit, or declare innocent”). 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. 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 === === Anagrams === bloviators == Latin == === Verb === absolvitor second/third-person singular future passive imperative of absolvō ==== Descendants ==== → English: absolvitor