absolver

Definition

Agent noun of absolve; one who absolves.

Etymology

From absolve + -er.

Example Sentences

• "[…] how hast thou the heart, Being a divine, a ghostly confessor, A sin-absolver, and my friend profess’d, To mangle me with that word ‘banished’?"
• "[…] few men dislike the Lay-Excommunicators and Absolvers more than I do […]"