# absolver
## English
### Etymology

From absolve +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /æbˈzɑl.vɚ/, /əbˈzɑl.vɚ/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

absolver (plural absolvers)
* Agent noun of absolve; one who absolves. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
** c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:[…] how hast thou the heart, Being a divine, a ghostly confessor, A sin-absolver, and my friend profess’d, To mangle me with that word ‘banished’?
** 1684, Richard Baxter, Whether Parish Congregations Be True Christian Churches‎, London: Thomas Parkhurst, page 2:[…] few men dislike the Lay-Excommunicators and Absolvers more than I do […]

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absolver”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.

## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Latin absolvō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /absolˈbe(ɾ)/
* Rhymes: -e(ɾ)
* Syllabification: ab‧sol‧ver

### Verb

absolver
* (transitive) to absolve

## Galician
### Pronunciation

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### Verb

absolver (first-person singular present absolvo, first-person singular preterite absolvín, past participle absolvido, short past participle absolto)
* (transitive) to absolve
* (transitive) to acquit
    Synonym: exculpar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar. $^2$Usually used with auxiliary verbs haber and ter.
$^1$Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar. $^2$Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter. $^3$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* absolución

### Further reading

* “absolver”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “absolver” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /absɔlˈʋeːr/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eːr
* Hyphenation: ab‧sol‧ver

### Verb

absolver
* imperative of absolvere

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin absolvere.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.bi.sowˈve(ʁ)/ [a.bi.soʊ̯ˈve(h)], /ab.sowˈve(ʁ)/ [ab.soʊ̯ˈve(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.bi.sowˈve(ʁ)/ [a.bi.soʊ̯ˈve(h)], /ab.sowˈve(ʁ)/ [ab.soʊ̯ˈve(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.bi.sowˈve(ɾ)/ [a.bi.soʊ̯ˈve(ɾ)], /ab.sowˈve(ɾ)/ [ab.soʊ̯ˈve(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.bi.sowˈve(ʁ)/ [a.bi.soʊ̯ˈve(χ)], /ab.sowˈve(ʁ)/ [ab.soʊ̯ˈve(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ab.sowˈve(ɻ)/ [ab.soʊ̯ˈve(ɻ)], /a.bi.sowˈve(ɻ)/ [a.bi.soʊ̯ˈve(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.bsolˈveɾ/ [ɐ.βsoɫˈveɾ], /ɐ.bsɔlˈveɾ/ [ɐ.βsɔɫˈveɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.bsolˈveɾ/ [ɐ.βsoɫˈveɾ], /ɐ.bsɔlˈveɾ/ [ɐ.βsɔɫˈveɾ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.bsolˈbeɾ/ [ɐ.βsoɫˈβeɾ], /ɐ.bsɔlˈbeɾ/ [ɐ.βsɔɫˈβeɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.bsolˈve.ɾi/ [ɐ.βsoɫˈve.ɾi], /ɐ.bsɔlˈve.ɾi/ [ɐ.βsɔɫˈve.ɾi]

### Verb

absolver (first-person singular present absolvo, first-person singular preterite absolvi, past participle absolvido)
* to absolve
* (law) to acquit
* to forgive

#### Related terms

* absolução
* absolutório

### Further reading

* “absolver”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin absolvere and adapted to the conjugations of the native solver.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /absolˈbeɾ/ [aβ̞.solˈβ̞eɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Syllabification: ab‧sol‧ver

### Verb

absolver (first-person singular present absuelvo, first-person singular preterite absolví, past participle absuelto)
* (transitive) to absolve
* (transitive) to acquit

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

#### Related terms

* absolución
* absoluto
* absolutorio

### Further reading

* “absolver”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10