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absolver|æbˈsɒlvə(r), æbz-| [f. absolve v. + -er1.] One who absolves, pronounces absolution, or acquits.
1663Blair Autobiogr. (1818) ii. 26 He is made to us..righteousness as our justifier and absolver. 1669H. More Antid. ag. Idolatry i, They that take upon them to be the only absolvers of sin, are themselves held fast in the snares of eternal death. 1827Keble Chr. Year, 6 Sund. aft. Trin., The absolver saw the mighty grief And hastened with relief. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 681 The public feeling was strongly against the three absolvers. |