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Definition
to find someone blameless; or forgive; or relieve (of a requirement or obligation)
- 'Seventy times seven times didst thou gapingly contort thy visage — seventy times seven did I take counsel with my soul — Lo, this is human weakness: this also may be absolved!Chapter 3 (40% in)
- Why didn't you send to absolve me from my promise, when you wished I wouldn't keep it?Chapter 27 (12% in)
There are no more uses of "absolve" in Wuthering Heights.
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