0 present participle of absolve --
1 (especially in religion or law) to free someone from guilt, blame, or responsibility for something: --
There is no question of absolving those bodies from the duty to ensure compliance with technical building regulations.
Absolving them from payment will have the opposite effect.
Unscrupulous landlords have used the absolving provisions for their own devious purposes.
It is a way of absolving oneself of responsibility for what goes wrong.
If the ratepayers felt that the big rent increases were absolving them from big rate increases, they might be rather happier about the situation.
By saying that forecasting is the responsibility of private companies, he is absolving himself of any responsibility whatsoever for future energy policy.
I am not absolving my party from blame in this matter.
The two sections deal with absolving from the regulated rent sector and controlled rents houses that are let for holiday purposes.
