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absolve

[ ab-zolv, -solv ]

verb (used with object)

absolved, absolving.
  1. to free from guilt or blame or their consequences:

    The court absolved her of guilt in his death.

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  2. to set free or release, as from some duty, obligation, or responsibility (usually followed by from ):

    to be absolved from one's oath.

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  3. to grant pardon for.

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  4. Ecclesiastical.
    1. to grant or pronounce remission of sins to.
    2. to remit (a sin) by absolution.
    3. to declare (censure, as excommunication) removed.


absolve

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verb

  1. usually foll by from to release from blame, sin, punishment, obligation, or responsibility
  2. to pronounce not guilty; acquit; pardon
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Derived Forms

  • ²¹²úˈ²õ´Ç±ô±¹±ð°ù, noun
  • ²¹²úˈ²õ´Ç±ô±¹²¹²ú±ô±ð, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹²ú·²õ´Ç±ô±¹î€ƒa·²ú±ô±ð adjective
  • ²¹²ú·²õ´Ç±ôv±ð²Ô³Ù adjective noun
  • ²¹²ú·²õ´Ç±ô±¹î€½Ä°ù noun
  • ³Ü²Ôa²ú·²õ´Ç±ô±¹±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of absolve1

1525–35; < Latin absolvere, equivalent to ab- ab- + solvere to loosen; solve
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of absolve1

C15: from Latin absolvere to free from, from ab- 1+ solvere to make loose
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Synonym Study

Absolve, acquit, exonerate all mean to free from blame. Absolve is a general word for this idea. To acquit is to release from a specific and usually formal accusation: The court must acquit the accused if there is not enough evidence of guilt. 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.
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"An order that absolves a man of such a crime, to say it's not a crime, is the darkest hour in our legal system," she told the BBC.

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"Ignorance of the law does not absolve you of responsibility before it."

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“The notion that Stewart Rhodes could be absolved of his actions is frightening and ought to be frightening to anyone who cares about democracy in this country,†U.S.

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Baldwin's lawsuit alleges that prosecutors intentionally concealed evidence that would absolve the actor from blame and "sought at every turn to scapegoat" him to "maliciously bring about or advance" his trial and conviction.

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The conduct of all was illegal and unconscionable in a democracy, yet they could be absolved of criminal liability.

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