absolve - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • crime: He who helps me lift this dark man into light I absolve of any crimes he ever committed.
  • 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!

Preposition: from

  • sin: They held also that the clergy had no power to absolve from mortal sins.
  • 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.

Modifying Another Word

  • 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.

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