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ABSOLVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does absolver mean?
• ABSOLVER (noun)
The noun ABSOLVER has 1 sense:
1. someone who grants absolution
Familiarity information: ABSOLVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who grants absolution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("absolver" is a kind of...):
pardoner (a medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences)
Derivation:
absolve (grant remission of a sin to)
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