Home › Words › A › absolventabsolvent/æbˈzɑlv.n̩t/absolvent means absolving.absolvent is pronounced /æbˈzɑlv.n̩t/.EtymologyAn adaptation of the Latin absolvēns (“absolving”, stem: absolvent-), from absolvō (“to absolve”).adjAbsolving.e.g.“Patriotism, hounded-on by Prussian Terror, by Preternatural Suspicion, roars tumultuous round the Salle de Manége^([sic]), all day; insults many leading Deputies, of the absolvent Right-side[.]” — 1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter VI, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book VI (The Marseillese), page 286:nounAn absolver.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.absolviture 65% match — absolution vs absolvent →abiturient 62% match — A pupil / student in the German education system who is taking, or who has taken and passed, the Abitur. vs absolvent →absolvitor 60% match — A decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal. vs absolvent →absolvatory 59% match — Conferring absolution; absolutory. vs absolvent →absolvement 59% match — Act of absolving; absolution. vs absolvent →acceptor 58% match — One who accepts. vs absolvent →absorber 57% match — Something that absorbs. vs absolvent →absolutory 57% match — Serving to absolve; absolving; giving absolution. vs absolvent →