different between absolvitory vs absolvitor

English

Etymology

absolvitor +? -y

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?z?l.v??t??.i/, /æb?s?l.v??t??.i/

Adjective

absolvitory (comparative more absolvitory, superlative most absolvitory)

1. Of or pertaining to a dismissal or an acquittal.

References

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æb?s?l.v?.t??/, enPR: ?bs?l?v?tôr
• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?s?l.v?.t?/, /æb?z?l.v?.t?/, /æb?s?l.v?.t??/, /æb?z?l.v?.t??/

Noun

absolvitor (plural absolvitors)

1. (Scotland, 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 Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575:

     Pitmedden pur?ues Seaton of Menzies as Repre?enting his Father, who was one of the Pur?uers Brothers Tutors, for his Fathers Intromi??ion with the Pupils Means, who alleadged Ab?olvitor.

Antonyms

• condemnator

Derived terms

• decree of absolvitor

References

Anagrams

• bloviators

Latin

Verb

absolvitor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of absolv?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of absolv?

Descendants

• English: absolvitor