Words Containing Absolve
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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.