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Resolute - also "morally lax"?

English Language & Usage Asked on June 28, 2021

Is the Online Etymology Dictionary saying resolute also (historically) means morally lax, as some kind of autoantonym?

resolute (adj.)
early 15c., "dissolved, of loose structure," also
"morally lax," from Latin resolutus, past participle of resolvere
"untie, unfasten, loose, loosen" …

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