Definition of Absolve

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Absolve

To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment.

To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.

To finish; to accomplish.

To resolve or explain.

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Absolve Quotations

White shall not neutralize the black, nor good compensate bad in man, absolve him so: life's business being just the terrible choice.
Robert Browning

Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World sins, you absolve them of blame for their countries' failure to advance.
John McCarthy

Absolve me, teach me, purify me, strengthen me: take me to Thyself, that I may be Thine and Thine only.
Joseph Barber Lightfoot

If we allow the consideration of heathen morality and heathen religion to absolve us from the duty of preaching the gospel we are really deposing Christ from His throne in our own souls.
Roland Allen

Absolve Translations

absolve in Dutch is absolveren, absolutie geven
absolve in French is absolvez, absolvent, absolvons, absolver, absoudre
absolve in German is freisprechen
absolve in Spanish is absolver

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