"absolvitor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /æbˈsɒl.vɪ.tɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /æbˈsɑl.və.tɚ/ [US], /æbˈzɑl.və.tɚ/ [US], /æbˈsɑl.və.tɔɹ/ [US], /æbˈzɑl.və.tɔɹ/ [US] Forms: absolvitors [plural]
enPR: ăbsŏlʹvĭtôr [US] Etymology: Borrowed from Latin absolvitor (literally “let him be acquitted”), the third-person singular future passive imperative form of absolvō (“I absolve, acquit, or declare innocent”). Compare absolutory. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|absolvitor|lit=let him be acquitted}} Latin absolvitor (literally “let him be acquitted”), {{m|la|absolvō||I absolve, acquit, or declare innocent}} absolvō (“I absolve, acquit, or declare innocent”), {{m|en|absolutory}} absolutory Head templates: {{en-noun}} absolvitor (plural absolvitors)
  1. (Scots law) A decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal. Categories (topical): Scots law Derived forms: absolvitory, decree of absolvitor
    Sense id: en-absolvitor-en-noun-6JN87zVY

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