Definition of 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 free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.
• v. t. - To finish; to accomplish.
• v. t. - To resolve or explain.
• 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 free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.
• v. t. - To finish; to accomplish.
• v. t. - To resolve or explain.