Definition of absolve

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Absolve (v. t.) To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment..

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Quit :: Quit (a.) To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the like; to absolve; to acquit..
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear..
Solute :: Solute (v. t.) To absolve; as, to solute sin..
Justify :: "Justify (a.) To pronounce free from guilt or blame; to declare or prove to have done that which is just, right, proper, etc.; to absolve; to exonerate; to clear..
Justifier :: "Justifier (n.) One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, defends, or absolves..
Justify :: Justify (a.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.
Absolvent :: Absolvent (a.) Absolving.
Assoilyie :: Assoilyie (v. t.) To absolve; to acquit by sentence of court.
Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) An officer in some dioceses since A. D. 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him..
Absolve :: Absolve (v. t.) To resolve or explain.
Absolve :: Absolve (v. t.) To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; -- applied to the offender.
Absolution :: Absolution (n.) The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to exculpate; to absolve; to acquit..
Dispense :: Dispense (v. t.) To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from.
Loose :: Loose (a.) To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit..
Quit :: Quit (v.) Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved; acquitted..
Absolutory :: Absolutory (a.) Serving to absolve; absolving.
Absolvable :: Absolvable (a.) That may be absolved.
Absolve :: Absolve (v. t.) To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment..
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