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v. To pronounce clear of guilt or blame.

v. To relieve of a requirement or obligation.

v. To grant a remission of sin to.

v. To pardon or remit (a sin).

v. To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically.

v. 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

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

v. To finish; to accomplish.

v. To resolve or explain.

To set free or release, as from some duty, obligation, or responsibility.

To free from the consequences or penalties attaching to actions; acquit; specifically, in eccles. language, to forgive or grant remission of sins; pronounce forgiveness of sins to.

To accomplish; finish.

To solve; resolve; explain.

Synonyms

v. let off the hook

v. grant remission of a sin to

"This is God's forgiveness; and absolution is the conveyance to the conscience of the conviction of forgiveness: to absolve is to free -- to comfort by strengthening -- to afford repose from fear."

punish   

absolved    absolves    absolving   

forgive   

exonerate    acquit    pardon    finish    accomplish    free    forgive    clear    assoil    wash   

devolve    dissolve    evolve    involve    resolve    revolve    solve