absolvable

absolvable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English absolve
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English absolvable

    From absolve + -able.

    Pronunciation

    • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈzɑlv.ə.bl̩/, /əbˈzɑlv.ə.bl̩/
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    Adjective

    absolvable (not comparable)

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

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    References

    1. ^ 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.
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