All 3 Uses of
absolve
in
Anna Karenina
- "Our Lord and God, Jesus Christ, in the abundance and riches of His lovingkindness, forgives this child…." and, finishing the prayer of absolution, the priest blessed him and dismissed him.†
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- Agafea Mihalovna, speaking of the man just dead, had said: "Well, thank God, he took the sacrament and received absolution; God grant each one of us such a death."†
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- Katya in just the same way, besides all her care about linen, bedsores, drink, found time the very first day to persuade the sick man of the necessity of taking the sacrament and receiving absolution.†
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Definition:
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(absolve) to find someone blameless; or forgive; or relieve (of a requirement or obligation)