Both Uses of
absolve
in
All Over but the Shoutin'
- One soul, for salvation, for peace, for across-the-board absolution.†
Chpt 1.9 *absolution = to find someone blameless; or to forgive OR the words by which a clergyman pronounces someone forgiven by the church
- I fear, mostly, I would find in it the absolution that people on both sides of my family have found, for generations.†
Chpt 2.19
Definition:
to find someone blameless; or forgive; or relieve (of a requirement or obligation)