French Conversation · Level 120
57 words
French word
libératoire
Pronunciation
IPA/libeʁatwaʁ/
Meaning
- adjectivedischarging
Example
La quittance libératoire met fin à la dette.
The receipt that discharges the debt brings the debt to an end.
More examples
Le document libératoire exonère formellement le signataire de toute responsabilité.
The liability-releasing document formally absolves the signatory of all responsibility.
Core concept
A legal effect that removes an obligation when a document or clause takes effect.
Definition in French
Décrit une disposition juridique qui, par son effet, libère une personne d'une obligation financière ou d'une responsabilité civile.
Word origin
Libératoire derives from the Latin-based verb libérer and its learned adjectival formation in -atoire, both linked to the idea of freeing.
Usage tips
- Quittance libératoire means a receipt that discharges a debt, not merely an ordinary receipt confirming payment.
Opposites
- contraignantrestrictiveadjective
Related words
- libérerset freeverb
- libérationliberationnoun