ppl. a. and sb. [ad. L. absolvent-em, pr. pple. of absolvĕre to absolve. Preceded in use by the Fr. form ABSOLVANT.]

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  A.  ppl. a. Absolving, acquitting.

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1837.  Carlyle, Fr. Rev., II. VI. vi. 394. Patriotism … insults many leading Deputies of the absolvent Right-side.

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  B.  sb. One who absolves.

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1651.  Hobbes, Leviathan, III. xlii. 275. This Forgiveness … is thereby without other act, or sentence of the Absolvent, made void.

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