0 present participle of absolve
1 (especially in religion or law) to free someone from guilt, blame, or responsibility for something:
The paradox, of course, is that the act prerequisite for absolving sins is, in fact, the means of disseminating it.
He is made responsible for both morally absolving and socially hiding this transgression by surrendering his own sexuality to perpetuate the religious and national system that benefited his parents.
The graces recorded in them illustrate the daily business of the penitentiary, enabling clerics to obtain advancement, absolving penitents and granting small favours to laity and clergy alike.
Husbands whose wives did not prove their allegations could have a decreet absolving them extracted, but they rarely did, and therefore unsuccessful case are usually found only in process papers.
This would not have meant absolving people of responsibility, but offering a more accurate analysis of the socio-political situation for the benefits of an empowering education.
I do not condone the use of the threat of violence as a means of absolving an absent parent from his responsibilities to his children.
Protecting consumers does not mean absolving people of responsibility for their investment decisions.
The two sections deal with absolving from the regulated rent sector and controlled rents houses that are let for holiday purposes.
