Etymology

absolvitor

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Today it means: A decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal. Full definition →

Latin absolvitor
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromabsolvitor
  2. English todayabsolvitor

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.

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