absŏlūtĭo (noun F) : absolvo.
* In judicial lang., an absolving, acquittal: sententiis decem et sex absolutio confici poterat,Cic. Clu. 27: annus decimus post virginum absolutionem,id. Cat. 3, 4: majestatis (for de majestate), an acquittal from crimen majestatis, id. Fam. 3, 11.—In Suet. in plur.: reis absolutiones venditare, Vesp. 16.
* Completion, perfection, consummation.
* In gen.: virtus quae rationis absolutio definitur,Cic. Fin. 5, 14: hanc absolutionem perfectionemque in oratore desiderans,this finish and perfection,id. de Or. 1, 28, 130; so id. Inv. 2, 30.
* Esp., in rhet., completeness, Cic. Inv. 1, 22, 32.

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