absolve
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absolve
- /əbˈzɒlv/ UK
- /æbˈzɑlv/ US
- /-ˈsɑlv/ US
- /əbˈ-/ US
- /-ˈsɔlv/ US
- /-ˈzɔlv/ US
Rhymes with -ɒlv
Where it comes from
First attested in the early 15th century. From Middle English absolven, from Latin absolvere (“set free, acquit”), from ab (“away from”) + solvō (“loosen, free, release”). Doublet of assoil.
verb absolves · absolving · absolved
- To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). You will absolve a subject from his allegiance.
- To resolve; to explain; to solve. 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 331-332, […] he that can monsters tame, laboures atchive, riddles absolve […]
- To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt. A Heretic may see the truth and seek redemption. He may be forgiven his past and will be absolved in death. A Traitor can never be forgiven. A Traitor will never find peace in this world or the next. There is nothing as wretched or as hated in all the world as a Traitor.
- To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for. Abſolves the juſt, and dooms the guilty ſouls.
- To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to. To make confession and to be absolved.
- To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin. In his name I abſolve your perjury and ſanctify your arms: follow my footſteps in the paths of glory and ſalvation; and if ſtill ye have ſcruples, devolve on my head the puniſhment and the ſin.
- To finish; to accomplish. and the work begun, how ſoon / Abſolv'd,
- To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically.
