Associations to the word «Absolve»

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ABSOLVE, verb. (transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

ABSOLVE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To resolve; to explain; to solve. [Attested from the late 15th century until the mid 17th century.]

ABSOLVE, verb. (transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

ABSOLVE, verb. (transitive) (legal) To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

ABSOLVE, verb. (transitive) (theology) To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

ABSOLVE, verb. (transitive) (theology) To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

ABSOLVE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To finish; to accomplish. [Attested from the late 16th century until the early 19th century.]

ABSOLVE, verb. (transitive) To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically.

Dictionary definition

ABSOLVE, verb. Grant remission of a sin to; "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's".

ABSOLVE, verb. Let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.

William Butler Yeats

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