absolve

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.

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

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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.

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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