Absolutory

English

Etymology

Latin absolūtōrius, from absolvō (“‘absolve’”).

Adjective

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Positive Absolutory

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1. Serving to absolve; absolving.
   • 1997, Dan P. McAdams, The Stories We Live by: Personal Myths and the Making of the Self, page 107:

     Finally, in the self-absolutory strategy, a negative past is seen to have produced a negative present.