absolve

v. acquit; release, set free; forgive, pardon

Absolution in a liturgical church refers to the pronouncement of God's forgiveness of sins.
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v. absolve, acquit; pardon

v. absolve, acquit, exculpate

(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.