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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Assoil :: Assoil (v. t.) To set free from guilt; to absolve.
Absolve :: Absolve (v. t.) To finish; to accomplish.
Absolution :: Absolution (n.) The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
Forgive :: Forgive (v. t.) To cease to feel resentment against, on account of wrong committed; to give up claim to requital from or retribution upon (an offender); to absolve; to pardon; -- said of the person offending..
Quit :: Quit (v.) Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved; acquitted..
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..
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.
Loose :: Loose (a.) To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit..
Justifier :: "Justifier (n.) One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, defends, or absolves..
Absolve :: Absolve (v. t.) To resolve or explain.
Absolvent :: Absolvent (a.) Absolving.
Absolve :: Absolve (v. t.) To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.
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..
Absolver :: Absolver (n.) One who absolves.
Solute :: Solute (v. t.) To absolve; as, to solute sin..
Absolutory :: Absolutory (a.) Serving to absolve; absolving.
Absolvent :: Absolvent (n.) An absolver.
Justify :: Justify (a.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.
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..
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