#grammatical case

• Absolutive — 1. Adjective and neuter noun (in linguistics) defining the specific grammatical case in ergative languages used to mark the subject of an intransitive verb or the direct object of a transitive verb. 2. In moral philosophy, law, and ethics, the term describes a principle or act with a liberating, forgiving character, releasing from guilt or possessing the capacity to absolve a subject from a prior normative or penal obligation.