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Definition

to find someone blameless; or forgive; or relieve (of a requirement or obligation)

The committee absolved her of any wrong doing.

absolved = found blameless

The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is besides the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech.
Justice Anthony Kennedy
The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's
I absolve you from this responsibility
All this he did as fully as he could, and prayed for absolution.
Alan Paton -- Cry, the Beloved Country

absolution = forgiveness

(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)

Yes, he agreed, but it hadn't absolved me from my sin.
Albert Camus -- The Stranger

absolved = forgiven or made blameless

Then he tells me kneel, gives me absolution, tells me say three Hail Marys, three Our Fathers, three Glory Bes.
Frank McCourt -- Angela's Ashes

absolution = forgiveness for sins

Saying kaddish and sitting shiva, that absolves them of any responsibility for you.
James McBride -- The Color of Water

absolves = relieves

I shouted back, "and I have absolved him of his sins!"
Rudolfo Anaya -- Bless Me, Ultima

absolved = relieved or forgiven

Being a divine, a ghostly confessor,
A sin-absolver, and my friend profess'd,
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet

absolver = one who forgives

...that one thing, which could absolve them of any but the grossest defect, was an interest in cattle.
Cormac McCarthy -- All the Pretty Horses

absolve = forgive

I saw his hand moving across his face as he absolved me.
David Almond -- Clay

absolved = forgave (his sins)

...solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and...
Thomas Jefferson et al. -- The Declaration of Independence

absolved = relieved (from an obligation or requirement)

If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved of you and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends.
Charlotte Bronte
Like the scapegoat of the Bible, place society's ills on them, then "stone them" in absolution.
Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running

If you are asking me for forgiveness, or absolution—
Margaret Peterson Haddix -- Uprising

The Monk covered that equipment by signature; his statement absolves the Agency.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity
Once we are there, if your father is not reconciled, we will get Bishop F—— to absolve you from your promise, and you can return to Riom.
Willa Cather -- Death Comes for the Archbishop
"Every head bowed and every eye closed," said Graham, offering a traditional invitation to repentance, a declaration of faith, and absolution.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

Know you absolve me, don't you, Kid?
Eugene O'Neill -- Long Day's Journey into Night

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