nonabsolvable

English

Etymology

non- +‎ absolvable

Adjective

nonabsolvable (not comparable)

  1. Not absolvable; that cannot be absolved.
    • 2008, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Ensuring Legal Redress for American Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism. - Volume 4, page 26:
      It embodies one of the core deterrent mechanisms built into the treaty against the torture of POWs, that of nonabsolvable liability.
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