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ABSOLVE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Let off the hook

Example:

I absolve you from this responsibility

Synonyms:

absolve; free

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "absolve" is one way to...):

forgive (stop blaming or grant forgiveness)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "absolve"):

excuse; exempt; let off; relieve (grant exemption or release to)

justify ((used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin)

wash one's hands (to absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody of something

Antonym:

blame (put or pin the blame on)

Derivation:

absolvitory (providing absolution)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Grant remission of a sin to

Example:

The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Marys

Synonyms:

absolve; shrive

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "absolve" is one way to...):

forgive (stop blaming or grant forgiveness)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

absolution (the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance)

absolution (the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance)

absolver (someone who grants absolution)

absolvitory (providing absolution)

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