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absolve definition - legal

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.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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