absolvable

English

Etymology

absolve +‎ -able

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /æbˈzɑlv.ə.bl̩/, /əbˈzɑlv.ə.bl̩/
Audio (US) (file)

Adjective

absolvable (not comparable)

That may be absolved. [First attested in the early 19^th century.][1]

Derived terms

Translations

that may be absolved

Dutch: vergevensvatbaar
Portuguese: absolvível

References

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.