All 4 Uses of
absolve
in
Angela's Ashes
- I bestow absolution.†
Chpt 7
- Sometimes he falls asleep and I don't have the heart to wake him up so I go to Communion the next day without penance or absolution.†
Chpt 13
- The priests tell us all the time that God's mercy is infinite but how can any priest give absolution to someone like me who delivers telegrams and winds up in a state of excitement on a green sofa with a girl dying of the galloping consumption.†
Chpt 16
- Then he tells me kneel, gives me absolution, tells me say three Hail Marys, three Our Fathers, three Glory Bes.
Chpt 17 *absolution = forgiveness for sins
Definition:
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(absolve) to find someone blameless; or forgive; or relieve (of a requirement or obligation)