absolutive

1. not comparablegrammarOf or pertaining to the grammatical case prototypically used to indicate the sole argument of an intransitive verb, and the more patientive argument of a transitive verb.
2. not comparablerareOf, exhibiting, or pertaining to absolution; absolutory, absolving.

   [...], the forgiving process is easier because the full cathartic effect, in all its absolutive power, comes into play after a heightened awareness of sinfulness.

   1991, Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Spiritual Intimacy: A Study of Counseling in Hasidism, Jason Aronson

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   (1) Absolution: The speaker says the act was not what was understood, and that it did not occur as charged anyway. [...] His repeated denials should be viewed as an absolutive strategy in which the facts themselves are disputed, [...]

   1986, Young Yun Kim, Interethnic communication: current research, Sage Publications, Inc

   The absolutive appeal is exemplified in two Nixon statements. […] Absolution is a posture designed to clear fully the accused party from any hint of wrongdoing. […]

   1992, Beth Ingold, Essays in presidential rhetoric (Kendall Hunt Pub Co)

plural absolutives

1. grammarThe absolutive case, or a phrase that uses it.
2. grammarAn uninflected verb form used to indicate another action performed by the subject of the principal verb.