absolve

(əb-zŏlv', -sŏlv')
tr.v., -solved, -solv·ing, -solves.

1. To pronounce clear of guilt or blame.
2. To relieve of a requirement or obligation.
3. 1. To grant a remission of sin to.
   2. To pardon or remit (a sin).

[Middle English absolven, from Latin absolvere. See absolute.]

absolvable ab·solv'a·ble adj.
absolver ab·solv'er n.

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1. Pronunciation is now normally with -z-, not -s-.

2. The usual construction is with a direct object, or in the passive, followed by of or from:

It absolved him of all responsibility—L. A. G. Strong, 1948

Absolve me from all spot of sin—James Agee, 1950

Kant regarded himself as absolved from this promise by the monarch's death—R. Scruton, 2001

First he tries to absolve himself of any blame—weblog, 2005 [Old English (up to 1150)C].

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verb

1. To free from a charge or imputation of guilt: clear, exculpate, exonerate, vindicate. Law acquit, purge. See law.
2. To free from an obligation or duty: discharge, dispense, excuse, exempt, let off, relieve, spare. See free/unfree.

v

Definition: free from responsibility or duty
Antonyms: bind, blame, charge, condemn, convict, hold, impeach, incriminate, obligate, punish, sentence

IN BRIEF: To say that a person is not to be blamed or is free of sin.

Carrie asked the priest to absolve her of her sins.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - sige fri, frigøre, løse

Nederlands (Dutch)
vergeven, vrijspreken, ontheffen, absolutie geven

Français (French)
v. tr. - absoudre, (Jur) acquitter de, décharger de, délier de

Deutsch (German)
v. - freisprechen, entheben, beenden

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - απαλλάσσω, αθωώνω, συγχωρώ, δίνω άφεση αμαρτιών

Italiano (Italian)
assolvere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - absolver

Русский (Russian)
оправдать, прощать, отпускать грехи, освобождать от наказания

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - perdonar, absolver, liberar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - frikänna, frikalla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使免除, 赦免...的罪, 宽恕

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使免除, 赦免...的罪, 寬恕

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 용서하다, 무죄를 언도하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 免除する, 免罪にする, 許す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يغفر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮מחל, שחרר, פטר, כיפר עוונות‬

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