Absolution
noun
The act of forgiving someone for what they have done wrong, especially in religion.
The priest granted absolution to the repentant sinner.
Often appears as...
- grant absolution
- seek absolution
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Religious
noun
Release from guilt, obligation, or punishment.
He was seeking absolution for his sins.
Often appears as...
- seek absolution
- need absolution
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Formal
noun
The act of forgiving someone for what they have done wrong, especially in religion.
The priest granted absolution to the repentant sinner.
Often appears as...
- grant absolution
- seek absolution
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Religious
noun
Release from guilt, obligation, or punishment.
He was seeking absolution for his sins.
Often appears as...
- seek absolution
- need absolution
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Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Ritual
Often used in religious contexts relating to the sacrament of confession or penance.
After his confession, he received absolution from the bishop.
Pro Tip 2/3Seeking Forgiveness
Expresses a desire to be forgiven, usually by a higher power or religious figure.
She went to church to seek absolution for her transgressions.
Pro Tip 3/3Moral Weight
Carries a sense of deep moral or spiritual relief from guilt.
Feeling the weight of guilt, he longed for absolution.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Ritual
Often used in religious contexts relating to the sacrament of confession or penance.
After his confession, he received absolution from the bishop.
Pro Tip 2/3Seeking Forgiveness
Expresses a desire to be forgiven, usually by a higher power or religious figure.
She went to church to seek absolution for her transgressions.
Pro Tip 3/3Moral Weight
Carries a sense of deep moral or spiritual relief from guilt.
Feeling the weight of guilt, he longed for absolution.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Ritual
Often used in religious contexts relating to the sacrament of confession or penance.
After his confession, he received absolution from the bishop.
Pro Tip 2/3Seeking Forgiveness
Expresses a desire to be forgiven, usually by a higher power or religious figure.
She went to church to seek absolution for her transgressions.
Pro Tip 3/3Moral Weight
Carries a sense of deep moral or spiritual relief from guilt.
Feeling the weight of guilt, he longed for absolution.
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Jacqueline Novogratz:...
as more than chapter one, as our moral absolution. And in fact, what we need to do is see that as chapter one, celebrate it, close it, and recognize that we need a chapter two that is all about execution, all about the how-to. And if you remember one thing from what I want to talk about today,
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Jacqueline Novogratz:...
as more than chapter one, as our moral absolution. And in fact, what we need to do is see that as chapter one, celebrate it, close it, and recognize that we need a chapter two that is all about execution, all about the how-to. And if you remember one thing from what I want to talk about today,
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Amazing Slow-Mo: Rare...
we go what do we have here absolution on the right there that's one of the only pictures that we have some Lulu she is a wild Siberian tiger rescued as an orphaned cub and now we're
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Hugh Laurie
British Actor
I think of House as a deeply moral character, though some would no doubt argue with me. He does not judge. Beyond his normal tetchiness, there were no more than a half-dozen moments of actual condemnation from him. He understood lies and also why you lied, and there was an absolution there that is very, very appealing.
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Rick Perlstein
American Historian
Leaders are for calling people to their better angels, for helping guide them to a kind of sterner, more mature sense of what we need to do. To me, Reagan's brand of leadership was what I call 'a liturgy of absolution.' He absolved Americans almost in a priestly role to contend with sin. Who wouldn't want that?
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Anthea Butler
American Educator
Graham may have wanted integration, but instead, he promoted gradualism and provided absolution for racists hiding behind a Christianity attuned not only to Jesus but also focused on regulating behavior and black bodies.
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Martin Chemnitz
German Theologian
As however the ancients say that in case of necessity any Christian lay person can administer the sacrament of Baptism, so Luther says the same thing about absolution in case of necessity, where no priest is present.
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Seamus Heaney
Irish Poet
Tom Sleigh's poetry is hard-earned and well founded. I great admire the way it refuses to cut emotional corners and yet achieves a sense of lyric absolution.
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Germaine Greer
Australian Activist
Psychoanalysis is the confession without absolution.
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Hugh Laurie
British Actor
I think of House as a deeply moral character, though some would no doubt argue with me. He does not judge. Beyond his normal tetchiness, there were no more than a half-dozen moments of actual condemnation from him. He understood lies and also why you lied, and there was an absolution there that is very, very appealing.
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Rick Perlstein
American Historian
Leaders are for calling people to their better angels, for helping guide them to a kind of sterner, more mature sense of what we need to do. To me, Reagan's brand of leadership was what I call 'a liturgy of absolution.' He absolved Americans almost in a priestly role to contend with sin. Who wouldn't want that?
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Anthea Butler
American Educator
Graham may have wanted integration, but instead, he promoted gradualism and provided absolution for racists hiding behind a Christianity attuned not only to Jesus but also focused on regulating behavior and black bodies.
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Martin Chemnitz
German Theologian
As however the ancients say that in case of necessity any Christian lay person can administer the sacrament of Baptism, so Luther says the same thing about absolution in case of necessity, where no priest is present.
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Seamus Heaney
Irish Poet
Tom Sleigh's poetry is hard-earned and well founded. I great admire the way it refuses to cut emotional corners and yet achieves a sense of lyric absolution.
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Germaine Greer
Australian Activist
Psychoanalysis is the confession without absolution.
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