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Definition of absolution
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of absolution is as below...
Absolution
(n.) An
acquittal,
or
sentence
of a judge
declaring
and
accused
person
innocent..
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Shrive
::
Shrive
(v. t.) To
confess,
and
receive
absolution;
-- used
reflexively..
Pardon
::
Pardon
(v. t.) The act of
pardoning;
forgiveness,
as of an
offender,
or of an
offense;
release
from
penalty;
remission
of
punishment;
absolution..
Excuse
::
Excuse
(v. t.) The act of
excusing,
apologizing,
exculpating,
pardoning,
releasing,
and the like;
acquittal;
release;
absolution;
justification;
extenuation..
Absolution
::
Absolution
(n.) The
exercise
of
priestly
jurisdiction
in the
sacrament
of
penance,
by which
Catholics
believe
the sins of the truly
penitent
are
forgiven..
Shrift
::
Shrift
(n.)
Confession
made to a
priest,
and the
absolution
consequent
upon it..
Assoilment
::
Assoilment
(n.) Act of
assoiling,
or state of being
assoiled;
absolution;
acquittal..
Absolution
::
Absolution
(n.)
Delivery,
in
speech..
Absolvatory
::
Absolvatory
(a.)
Conferring
absolution;
absolutory.
Shrive
::
Shrive
(v. i.) To
receive
confessions,
as a
priest;
to
administer
confession
and
absolution..
Confessor
::
Confessor
(n.) A
priest
who hears the
confessions
of
others
and is
authorized
to grant them
absolution.
Absolution
::
Absolution
(n.) An
absolving,
or
setting
free from
guilt,
sin, or
penalty;
forgiveness
of an
offense..
Penitentiary
::
Penitentiary
(n.) An
office
of the papal court which
examines
cases of
conscience,
confession,
absolution
from vows, etc., and
delivers
decisions,
dispensations,
etc. Its chief is a
cardinal,
called
the Grand
Penitentiary,
appointed
by the
pope..
Confess
::
Confess
(v. t.) To make known or
acknowledge,
as one's sins to a
priest,
in order to
receive
absolution;
--
sometimes
followed
by the
reflexive
pronoun..
Absolution
::
Absolution
(n.) The form of words by which a
penitent
is
absolved.
Absolution
::
Absolution
(n.) An
absolving
from
ecclesiastical
penalties,
-- for
example,
excommunication..
Indulgence
::
Indulgence
(n.)
Remission
of the
temporal
punishment
due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been
remitted
by
sincere
repentance;
absolution
from the
censures
and
public
penances
of the
church.
It is a
payment
of the debt of
justice
to God by the
application
of the
merits
of
Christ
and his
saints
to the
contrite
soul
through
the
church.
It is
therefore
believed
to
diminish
or
destroy
for sins the
punishment
of
purgatory..
Licentiate
::
Licentiate
(n.) A friar
authorized
to
receive
confessions
and grant
absolution
in all
places,
independently
of the local
clergy..
Shrive
::
Shrive
(v. t.) To hear or
receive
the
confession
of; to
administer
confession
and
absolution
to; -- said of a
priest
as the
agent.
Confession
::
Confession
(n.) The act of
disclosing
sins or
faults
to a
priest
in order to
obtain
sacramental
absolution.
Absolution
::
Absolution
(n.) An
acquittal,
or
sentence
of a judge
declaring
and
accused
person
innocent..
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