absolve
/əbˈzɒlv/ · verb
Meaning
- To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).
- To resolve; to explain; to solve.
- To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt.
- To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for.
- To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to.
- To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin.
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