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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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..
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..
Quit :: Quit (a.) To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the like; to absolve; to acquit..
Absolvent :: Absolvent (a.) Absolving.
Absolvable :: Absolvable (a.) That may be absolved.
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..
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..
Absolver :: Absolver (n.) One who absolves.
Assoil :: Assoil (v. t.) To set free from guilt; to absolve.
Quit :: Quit (v.) Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved; acquitted..
Absolve :: Absolve (v. t.) To finish; to accomplish.
Absolve :: Absolve (v. t.) To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.
Solute :: Solute (v. t.) To absolve; as, to solute sin..
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..
Loose :: Loose (a.) To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit..
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..
Justify :: Justify (a.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.
Dispense :: Dispense (v. t.) To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from.
Absolutory :: Absolutory (a.) Serving to absolve; absolving.
Absolve :: Absolve (v. t.) To resolve or explain.
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