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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ab·so·lu·tion       [ab-suh-loo-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.act of absolving; a freeing from blame or guilt; release from consequences, obligations, or penalties.
2.state of being absolved.
3.Roman Catholic Theology.
a.a remission of sin or of the punishment for sin, made by a priest in the sacrament of penance on the ground of authority received from Christ.
b.the formula declaring such remission.
4.Protestant Theology. a declaration or assurance of divine forgiveness to penitent believers, made after confession of sins.
[Origin: 1175–1225; ME absolucion < L absolūtiōn- (s. of absolūtiō) acquittal. See absolute, -ion]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ab·so·lu·tion       (āb'sə-lōō'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The act of absolving or the state of being absolved.
  2. The formal remission of sin imparted by a priest, as in the sacrament of penance.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin absolūtiō, acquittal, from absolūtus, past participle of absolvere, to absolve; see absolute.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
absolution 
"remission, forgiveness," c.1200, from L. absolutionem, noun of action from absolvere "to absolve" (see absolve).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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absolution

noun
1. the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance 
2. the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Absolution

Ab`so*lu"tion\, n. [F. absolution, L. absolutio, fr. absolvere to absolve. See Absolve.]

1. An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. "Government . . . granting absolution to the nation." --Froude.

2. (Civil Law) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accused person innocent. [Obs.]

3. (R. C. Ch.) The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven.

Note: In the English and other Protestant churches, this act regarded as simply declaratory, not as imparting forgiveness.

4. (Eccl.) An absolving from ecclesiastical penalties, -- for example, excommunication. --P. Cyc.

5. The form of words by which a penitent is absolved. --Shipley.

6. Delivery, in speech. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

Absolution day (R. C. Ch.), Tuesday before Easter.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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