Citations:absolution

English citations of absolution

obsolete sense from Merriam Webster 1913 with no other citations found

(obsolete) Delivery, in speech.

  • c. 1600, Ben Jonson, Explorata, or Discoveries [1]
    Some men are tall and big, so some language is high and great. Then the words are chosen, their sound ample, the composition full, the absolution plenteous, and poured out, all grave, sinewy, and strong.