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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Absolved :: Absolved (imp. & p. p.) of Absolv.
Assoil :: Assoil (v. t.) To set free from guilt; to absolve.
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..
Justifier :: "Justifier (n.) One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, defends, or absolves..
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..
Absolvent :: Absolvent (n.) An absolver.
Absolutory :: Absolutory (a.) Serving to absolve; absolving.
Solute :: Solute (v. t.) To absolve; as, to solute sin..
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..
Absolver :: Absolver (n.) One who absolves.
Absolve :: Absolve (v. t.) To finish; to accomplish.
Dispense :: Dispense (v. t.) To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from.
Absolvable :: Absolvable (a.) That may be absolved.
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..
Absolvent :: Absolvent (a.) Absolving.
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..
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 treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.
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.
Quit :: Quit (a.) To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the like; to absolve; to acquit..
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