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ab·solve
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Audio Help [ab-zolv, -solv] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), -solved, -solv·ing.
| 1. | to free from guilt or blame or their consequences: The court absolved her of guilt in his death. |
| 2. | to set free or release, as from some duty, obligation, or responsibility (usually fol. by from): to be absolved from one's oath. |
| 3. | to grant pardon for. |
| 4. | Ecclesiastical.
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ab·solv·a·ble, adjective
ab·sol·vent, adjective, noun
ab·solv·er, noun
—Synonyms 1. exculpate, clear. Absolve, acquit, exonerate all mean to free from blame. Absolve is a general word for this idea. To acquit is to release from a specific and usually formal accusation: The court must acquit the accused if there is not enough evidence of guilt. To exonerate is to consider a person clear of blame or consequences for an act (even when the act is admitted), or to justify the person for having done it: to be exonerated for a crime committed in self-defense. 2. liberate, exempt. 3. excuse, forgive.
—Antonyms 1. blame.
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| ab·solve
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tr.v. ab·solved, ab·solv·ing, ab·solves
[Middle English absolven, from Latin absolvere; see absolute.] ab·solv'a·ble adj., ab·solv'er n. |
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| absolved | |
adjective | |
| freed from any question of guilt; "is absolved from all blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice"; "his official honor is vindicated" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
Main Entry: ab·solve
Pronunciation: &b-'zälv, -'sälv
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: ab·solved;
ab·solv·ing
1 : to set free or release from some obligation or responsibility <a judgment terminating a parent's rights…absolves that
parent of all future support obligations —In re Bruce Railroad, 662 Atlantic Reporter, Second Series 107 (1995)>
2 : to determine to be free of fault, guilt, or
liability <a jury absolved the defendant of any negligence —Harbaugh v. Darr, 438 Pacific Reporter, Second Series 74 (1968)>
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