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- DictionaryAb·solve/əbˈzôlv/
verb
- 1. set or declare (someone) free from blame, guilt, or responsibility: "the pardon absolved them of any crimes"
The meaning of ABSOLVE is to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt. How to use absolve in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Absolve.
to officially remove guilt or responsibility for something wrong that someone has done or might have done: He was absolved of all wrongdoing.
1. to free from guilt or blame or their consequences. 2. to set free or release from some duty, obligation, or responsibility (usu. fol. by from ). 3. to grant pardon for; excuse. 4. a. to grant or pronounce remission of sins to. b. to remit (a sin) by absolution.
To exonerate is to consider a person clear of blame or consequences for an act (even when the act is admitted), or to justify the person for having done it: to be exonerated for a crime committed in self-defense. Discover More.
To be absolved is to be let off the hook, to be set free from a certain obligation or to be forgiven for a wrongdoing. The Church may absolve you of your sins, but that won't absolve you of the need to attend mass.
1. to free from guilt or blame or their consequences. The court absolved her of guilt in his death. 2. (usually fol. by from) to set free or release, as from some duty, obligation, or responsibility. to be absolved from one's oath. 3. to grant pardon for. 4.
absolve somebody (of/from something) to state formally that somebody is not guilty or responsible for something. The court absolved him of all responsibility for the accident.
1. to pronounce free from guilt or blame; acquit. 2. a. to give religious absolution to. b. to remit (a sin) 3. to free ( from a duty, promise, etc.)
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Jun 8, 2024 · absolve (third-person singular simple present absolves, present participle absolving, simple past and past participle absolved) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
