Definition of absolve

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Absolve (v. t.) To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.

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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..
Absolution :: Absolution (n.) The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
Assoil :: Assoil (v. t.) To set free from guilt; to absolve.
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..
Justify :: Justify (a.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.
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.
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..
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..
Absolvent :: Absolvent (n.) An absolver.
Absolve :: Absolve (v. t.) To resolve or explain.
Quit :: Quit (a.) To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the like; to absolve; to acquit..
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..
Absolutory :: Absolutory (a.) Serving to absolve; absolving.
Quit :: Quit (v.) Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved; acquitted..
Justifier :: "Justifier (n.) One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, defends, or absolves..
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.
Assoilyie :: Assoilyie (v. t.) To absolve; to acquit by sentence of court.
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..
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