absolvent

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adjective

Absolving.

OriginLatin absolvēns →
Scrabble 14
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Meanings

adjectiveabsolvent (comparative more absolvent, superlative most absolvent)

comparative more absolvent · superlative most absolvent

  1. rareAbsolving.

    Patriotism, hounded-on by Prussian Terror, by Preternatural Suspicion, roars tumultuous round the Salle de Manége^([sic]), all day; insults many leading Deputies, of the absolvent Right-side[.]

    1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter VI, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book VI (The Marseillese), page 286
nounabsolvent (plural absolvents)

plural absolvents

  1. rareAn absolver.

Origin

  1. Latinabsolvēns“absolving”
  2. Englishabsolvent

An adaptation of the Latin absolvēns (“absolving”, stem: absolvent-), from absolvō (“to absolve”).

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APA

absolvent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absolvent

MLA

“absolvent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absolvent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “absolvent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absolvent.

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