verb
- Grant remission of a sin to.
- usage: "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's"
- Let off the hook.
- usage: "I absolve you from this responsibility"
adjective
- Freed from any question of guilt.
- usage: "is absolved from all blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice"; "his official honor is vindicated"
- synonyms: clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated
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