Synonyms for absolve
æbˈzɒlv, -ˈsɒlv

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1. shrive, absolve(verb)

   grant remission of a sin to

   "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's"

   Synonyms:
   shrive, justify, free

   Antonyms:
   fault, blame

2. absolve, justify, free(verb)

   let off the hook

   "I absolve you from this responsibility"

   Synonyms:
   justify, unloose, relieve, apologise, unloosen, unblock, unfreeze, liberate, rationalize, excuse, vindicate, warrant, discharge, release, give up, apologize, rationalise, loose, disembarrass, resign, dislodge, shrive, relinquish, disengage, rid, exempt, free

   Antonyms:
   fault, blame

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1. absolve(verb)

   To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).

   You will absolve a subject from his allegiance.

   Synonyms:
   free, excuse, release, exempt

2. absolve(verb)

   To pronounce free or give absolution from sin.

   Synonyms:
   pardon, remit, vindicate, exculpate, acquit, exonerate

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1. absolve

   To absolve, in the strict sense, is to set free from any bond. One may be absolved from a promise by a breach of faith on the part of one to whom the promise was made. To absolve from sins is formally to remit their condemnation and penalty, regarded as a bond upon the soul. "Almighty God ... pardoneth and absolveth all those who truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel." Book of Common Prayer, Declar. of Absol. To acquit of sin or crime is to free from the accusation of it, pronouncing one guiltless; the innocent are rightfully acquitted; the guilty may be mercifully absolved. Compare PARDON.

   Synonyms:
   acquit, clear, discharge, exculpate, exempt, exonerate, forgive, free, liberate, pardon, pardon, release, set free

   Antonyms:
   accuse, bind, charge, compel, condemn, convict, impeach, inculpate, obligate, oblige

   Preposition:
   One is absolved from (rarely of) a promise, a sin, etc.

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1. absolve

   Synonyms:
   acquit, release, exonerate, liberate, exempt, discharge, exculpate, pardon, forgive, free, clear

   Antonyms:
   charge, accuse, compel, bind, obligate, convict, condemn, inculpate, impeach, oblige

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1. absolve(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   acquit, clear, release, liberate, free, discharge, loose, deliver, exculpate, exonerate, excuse, forgive, pardon, JUSTIFY, set free

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1. absolve(v)

   Synonyms:
   release, remit, pardon, exonerate, acquit, exculpate

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1. List of paraphrases for "absolve":

   acquit, exonerate, exempt, relieve

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How to use absolve in a sentence?

1. Primo Levi:

   The future of humanity is uncertain, even in the most prosperous countries, and the quality of life deteriorates; and yet I believe that what is being discovered about the infinitely large and infinitely small is sufficient to absolve this end of the century and millennium. What a very few are acquiring in knowledge of the physical world will perhaps cause this period not to be judged as a pure return of barbarism.

2. Anuj Somany:

   There are many who have made a lot of money through all means but could not find any joy or happiness out of own amassed wealth; so the only way to console themselves or absolve own-self out of their sins, they keep bragging publicly that they are the happiest while being often actually the saddest.

3. Mike Pompeo:

   This was an Iranian attack, it's not the case that you can subcontract out the devastation of five percent of the world's global energy supply and think that you can absolve yourself of responsibilities.

4. Philip Luther:

   The fact that Palestinian armed groups appear to have carried out war crimes by firing indiscriminate rockets and mortars does not absolve the Israeli forces from their obligations under international humanitarian law.

5. Anuj Somany:

   Taking a dip in any water can only clean the body externally but could never cleanse the soul internally to absolve a person of own committed sin to the people.

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