Absolvo

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Latin-English

ăbsolv|ō, -ĕre, -ī, ăbsolūtum. (apˈsol.vo) v. tr.

  1. To set free or release, as from shackles. Usually fig.
  2. law To acquit; to declare innocent.
  3. tech. To complete a work.

[ab + solvo.]

Loci

  • αʹ Cicero, Academica 1.5:
In qua quod incohatum est neque absolutum progressio quaedam ad virtutem appellatur, quod autem absolutum, id est virtus. In [philosophy], what is begun and not completed is called a sort of progress towards virtue, while what has been completed is virtue.
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