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absolve Definition

ab·solve (ab zälv′, -sälv′, -zôlv′, -sôlv′; əb----)

transitive verb -·solved′, -·solv′·ing

  1. to pronounce free from guilt or blame; acquit
    1. to give religious absolution to
    2. to remit (a sin)
  3. to free (from a duty, promise, etc.)

Etymology: ME absolven < L absolvere, to loosen from < ab-, from + solvere: see solve

absolve Related Forms
ab·sol′·vent adjective, noun ab·solv′er noun
absolve Synonyms

absolve

v.

acquit, exonerate, vindicate, clear, forgive, pardon, excuse, exculpate, remit, grant absolution, shrive, release, exempt, set free, let off; see also excuse.

absolve implies a setting free from responsibilities or obligation absolved from her promise or from the penalties for their violation; acquit means to clear of a specific charge by a judicial decision, usually for lack of evidence; to exonerate is to relieve of all blame for a wrongdoing; to pardon is to release from punishment for an offense the prisoner was pardoned by the governor; forgive implies giving up all claim that an offense be punished as well as any resentment or vengeful feelings; to vindicate is to clear (a person or thing under attack) through evidence of the unfairness of the charge, criticism, etc.

absolve Law Definition

v

  1. To forgive misconduct.
  2. To free from guilt or suspicion; for example, when evidence proves that a suspect is innocent of a crime.
  3. To free from the penalties imposed as a result of misconduct.
  4. To free from a debt, duty, obligation, or responsibility.
absolve Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • blame: You will note that drivers are absolved of any blame in the matter.
  • responsibility: Likewise, make sure officers are absolved of any responsibility by leaving at least one explicit suicide note.
  • murder: King Henry I later proclaimed that an archer would be absolved of murder, if he killed a man during archery practice!
  • crime: He who helps me lift this dark man into light I absolve of any crimes he ever committed.

Preposition: from

  • blame: On specifics - Hiden should be absolved from much blame on either first half goal.
  • responsibility: Firstly, they are absolved from the responsibility of paying for major repairs.
  • liability: TSSA Safety Reps are absolved from any liability other than that of any employe.
  • sin: They held also that the clergy had no power to absolve from mortal sins.

Modifying Another Word

  • thereby: The BBC state this quite plainly in their replies, thereby absolving themselves of any potential comeback.
  • thus: But his courage avails not, and the king banishes him, we would think thus absolving him from further duty.
  • not: Failure to sign the time sheet does not absolve the Client's obligation to pay the charges in respect of the hours worked.
  • also: The deal will also absolve her of some $ 25 million in debts the estate currently owes.
  • n't: That still does n't absolve us from the responsibility of carry out the practice in the first place.
  • hereby: I hereby absolve Gonville and Caius College, the University of Cambridge and the system's administrators from all responsibility toward my pages.

Object

  • responsibility: Root Cause is an attempt to absolve responsibility, not an attempt to solve a problem.
  • employer: Failure to carry out these checks could absolve the employer from any vicarious liability.
  • government: But this does not absolve governments from making sure Microsoft does not use its Windows monopoly to unfairly muscle its way into other markets.
  • company: To absolve a company of blame for shipping bogus code is wrong.
  • people: The origin of the name Shrove lies in the archaic English verb " to shrive " which means to absolve people of their sins.
  • man: The only solution for Adam's sin was for God to absolve Man, or for Man to make reparation.
absolve Quotes

La historia me absolvera¤  . History will absolve me.

—Castro (Ruz), Fidel

Who will remember, passing through this Gate, The unheroic Dead who fed the guns? Who shall absolve the foulness of their fate,ö Those doomed, conscripted, unvictorious ones?

—Sassoon, Siegfried Louvain