absolve
v.
acquit; release, set free; forgive, pardon
Absolution
absoudre
v.
absolve, acquit; pardon
absolver
v.
absolve, acquit, exculpate
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.
(v. t.)
To resolve or explain.
(v. t.)
To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.
(v. t.)
To finish; to accomplish.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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