† absolvatory, a. Obs.
[Irregularly formed on absolve, in imitation of consolatory, etc., the true form being absolutory, q.v.]
| 1611 Cotgr., Absolutoire: Absoluatorie, pardoning, forgiving. 1706 Phillips, Absolvatorie, Belonging to a discharge or acquittal. [In Bailey 1721. Not recognized by Johnson, but in Todd, Worcester, and Webster.] |