to free from guilt or blame or their consequences: The court absolved her of guilt in his death.
to set free or release, as from some duty, obligation, or responsibility (usually followed by from): to be absolved from one's oath.
to grant pardon for.
Ecclesiastical.
to grant or pronounce remission of sins to.
to remit (a sin) by absolution.
to declare (censure, as excommunication) removed.
Origin of absolve
1525–35; <Latin absolvere, equivalent to ab-ab- + solvere to loosen; see solve
SYNONYMS FOR absolve
1 exculpate, clear.
2 liberate, exempt.
3 excuse, forgive.
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ANTONYMS FOR absolve
1 blame.
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synonym study for absolve
1. Absolve,acquit,exonerate all mean to free from blame. Absolve is a general word for this idea. To acquit is to release from a specific and usually formal accusation: The court must acquit the accused if there is not enough evidence of guilt. To exonerate is to consider a person clear of blame or consequences for an act (even when the act is admitted), or to justify the person for having done it: to be exonerated for a crime committed in self-defense.
I’m not proposing to tell you the magical policy that will fix this, or to judge what the platforms would have to do to absolve themselves of this responsibility.
How the truth was murdered|Abby Ohlheiser|October 7, 2020|MIT Technology Review
When you’re ludicrously late to school or work, or when you miss your brother’s wedding, all you need is to invoke me, traffic, and your fellow Californians will absolve you of your tardiness.
Admit it: You miss being stuck in traffic|matthewheimer|August 17, 2020|Fortune
Many were just eager to forget, absolve, or overlook serious accusations, simply because doing so would be hugely convenient.
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Yet the essay does not absolve the Left from paranoid thinking.
Paranoia Crept into American Political Life a Long Time Ago|Lewis Beale|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On the one hand, he is trying to absolve Skyler of his sins.
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Social media, Sharif emphasized, has been an indispensable tool for Saudi women “to absolve the gender apartheid.”
Aung San Suu Kyi Meets Her Peers|Andy Isaacson|September 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Will they absolve him of stealing papal documents and leaking them to the press, and let him go?
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He alone can absolve us from the obligation of showing him, before any one else, what we finish here.
Arachne, Complete|Georg Ebers
Who hath taught him more cunningly to open, or better to absolve than his brethren?
The Apology of the Church of England|John Jewel
It was possible that juries might absolve a prisoner; it was always necessary that they should be the arbiters of his fate.
Constitutional History of England, Vol 1 of 3|Henry Hallam
So you're the kind who'd absolve vagabonds from their duties?
The Road to Damascus|August Strindberg
Not the people, but their rulers are to censure the scandalous, and to absolve the penitent, Matt.
The Divine Right of Church Government|Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London
British Dictionary definitions for absolve
absolve
/ (əbˈzɒlv) /
verb(tr)
(usually foll by from)to release from blame, sin, punishment, obligation, or responsibility
to pronounce not guilty; acquit; pardon
Derived forms of absolve
absolvable, adjectiveabsolver, noun
Word Origin for absolve
C15: from Latin absolvere to free from, from ab-1 + solvere to make loose