absolvementn.
/əbˈzɒlvm(ə)nt/, U.S. /əbˈzɔlvm(ə)nt/, /æbˈzɔlvm(ə)nt/, /əbˈsɔlvm(ə)nt/, /æbˈsɔlvm(ə)nt/; see also absolve v. = absolution n. (in various senses).
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [noun] > release from duty or obligation
remission?1316
loosingc1357
releasec1390
releasing1395
discharginga1398
defeasance1399
quittancea1400
acquittancec1405
discharge1423
absolution1447
acquittinga1450
quietance1451
excusationc1475
relief1496
acquittal?1538
releasement1548
ease1576
excuse1577
relievement1583
excusal1584
exoneration1640
dispensation1653
absolvement1689
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > absolution > [noun]
shrifta900
forgivenessc900
absolutionOE
veny?c1225
soilinga1300
lesenessc1300
remission?1316
indulgence1377
assoilingc1380
pardona1393
veynea1425
pardoningc1443
remit1490
remitting1577
remittal1596
remitment1611
absolvement1689
1689 Considerations touching Succession & Allegiance 29 Nothwithstanding the Pope's Excommunication or Deprivation of Him, or Absolvement of his Subjects from their Obedience.
1839 C. G. F. Gore Courtier 151 Not a few mentally reserved to themselves absolvement from their oath of allegiance.
1953 R. D. Jacobs in L. D. Rubin & R. D. Jacobs Southern Renascence iii. ii. 183 The little he had wanted from the Almighty had been too much, because it had amounted to absolvement from time and responsibility.
1999 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 5 Oct. 11 a Everything I read and hear nowadays has a common thread running through it: absolvement of personal responsibility.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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