Apparently, not a disciple of Webster.
Maybe, Maybe not, the English language has crumbled so much that many definitions have been lost. I'll explain. Absolve- You simply think it's forgiveness or remission of sin. The word actually means: To declare ownership. Long, long ago, not in a galaxy far, far away, the term 'Slave' was an actual job position. These days if I say slave, people immediately think of whites oppressing blacks. If you were to owe me a sum of money but couldn't pay back, you would either be thrown in jail, would have to borrow from someone else to pay me back, sell what you have to pay me back or you could serve me to pay off your debt to me. If you chose to be my servant, I would legally 'own' you as an employee. The term 'absolve' meant I'm taking ownership of you and acquiring your services in order for you to pay back what you owed me. Once the debt was paid off, you had 2 choices, you can either go back to being an independent person or you could enlist for another term as a slave, but this time you would be making a profit. Often times, the relationship of the borrower to the lender grew in these times that the borrower ended up staying with the lender and began to generate a profit. Nowadays, people assume absolve means being 'forgiven', but it actually doesnt. It simply meant you were paying your debt off with your services with an employee status. Same thing today, If I'm a big company and I buy you out, I'm buying your good and bad. I'm buying out your business, services and debt. I've absolved your corporation and everything you have accomplished to date. This is really not that big of a deal. Other words could be used instead of absolve. ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
