Absolve
verb
To officially say or decide that someone is not guilty or responsible.
The court absolved him from the crime due to lack of evidence.
Often appears as...
- absolve from guilt
- absolve from responsibility
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To set or declare someone free from blame, guilt, or responsibility.
This verdict does not absolve those leaders from their responsibility for starting the war.
Often appears as...
- absolve from guilt
- absolve from responsibility
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Formal
Academic
verb
In religion, to give forgiveness to someone who has admitted their wrong doings.
The priest absolved him of his sins after he confessed.
Often appears as...
- absolve from sin
- absolve in the rite of confession
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To officially say or decide that someone is not guilty or responsible.
The court absolved him from the crime due to lack of evidence.
Often appears as...
- absolve from guilt
- absolve from responsibility
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To set or declare someone free from blame, guilt, or responsibility.
This verdict does not absolve those leaders from their responsibility for starting the war.
Often appears as...
- absolve from guilt
- absolve from responsibility
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
verb
In religion, to give forgiveness to someone who has admitted their wrong doings.
The priest absolved him of his sins after he confessed.
Often appears as...
- absolve from sin
- absolve in the rite of confession
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Context
Used when a person or group is officially released from legal liability or charges.
After the investigation, the CEO was absolved of all financial misconduct.
Pro Tip 2/3Active Voice
Often used in active voice, indicating the authority doing the absolving.
The committee absolved the scientist of any ethical violations.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Automatic
Absolution requires a decision or action; one isn't absolved without an external judgement.
The evidence presented during the trial led to her being absolved.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Context
Used when a person or group is officially released from legal liability or charges.
After the investigation, the CEO was absolved of all financial misconduct.
Pro Tip 2/3Active Voice
Often used in active voice, indicating the authority doing the absolving.
The committee absolved the scientist of any ethical violations.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Automatic
Absolution requires a decision or action; one isn't absolved without an external judgement.
The evidence presented during the trial led to her being absolved.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Context
Used when a person or group is officially released from legal liability or charges.
After the investigation, the CEO was absolved of all financial misconduct.
Pro Tip 2/3Active Voice
Often used in active voice, indicating the authority doing the absolving.
The committee absolved the scientist of any ethical violations.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Automatic
Absolution requires a decision or action; one isn't absolved without an external judgement.
The evidence presented during the trial led to her being absolved.
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How to Raise Successful...
There's no room in the afternoons, because everything has to be enriching, we think. It's as if every piece of homework, every quiz, every activity is a make-or-break moment for this future we have in mind for them, and we absolve them of helping out around the house, and we even absolve them of getting enough sleep
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The myth of Gawain and...
But to his surprise, his companions absolved him of blame and celebrated his valor. Struggling to understand this strange journey, it seemed to Gawain that perhaps the whole world was playing a game— with rules more wild and bewildering than any man could understand.
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A Reckoning in Tulsa PIPE...
government that absolve him and talk about the situation what the family wouldn't get back however is the fortune that jade b stratford lost when the white mob destroyed his home business properties and forced him out of town the loss of that generational
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The boost students need...
or can take for granted. And when we think of people like this, we should only think of them as exceptional, but not as exceptions. Thinking of them as exceptions absolves us of the collective responsibility to help students in similar situations.
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Robyn Stein DeLuca: The...
without losing the title of good woman. We know that the variables in a woman's environment are much more likely to cause her to be angry than her hormones, but when she attributes anger to hormones, she's absolved of responsibility or criticism.
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Nirmalya Kumar: India's...
in the quantity and quality needed to keep this innovation engine going, so companies are finding innovative ways to overcome this, but in the end it does not absolve the government of the responsibility for creating this educational structure.
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India's invisible...
producing students the quantity and quality needed to keep this innovation engine going so companies are finding innovative ways to overcome this but in the end it does not absolve the government of the responsibility for creating this
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What we can do about the...
I wasn't. She offered me sort of conditional forgiveness. What she wrote was "Messages such as yours cannot absolve you of your past actions. The only way to do that is to improve the world, prevent others from behaving in similar ways
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In search for the man...
I was baffled. Abed had said something remarkable. Did it point up the degree to which he'd absolved himself of the crash? Was it evidence of guilt, an assertion that he should have been put away longer?
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5 Ethical Principles for...
We cannot absolve ourselves of the responsibilities and accountabilities of our actions if our actions actually cause harm to those that we purport to protect and serve.
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How to Raise Successful...
There's no room in the afternoons, because everything has to be enriching, we think. It's as if every piece of homework, every quiz, every activity is a make-or-break moment for this future we have in mind for them, and we absolve them of helping out around the house, and we even absolve them of getting enough sleep
Video examples
The myth of Gawain and...
But to his surprise, his companions absolved him of blame and celebrated his valor. Struggling to understand this strange journey, it seemed to Gawain that perhaps the whole world was playing a game— with rules more wild and bewildering than any man could understand.
Video examples
A Reckoning in Tulsa PIPE...
government that absolve him and talk about the situation what the family wouldn't get back however is the fortune that jade b stratford lost when the white mob destroyed his home business properties and forced him out of town the loss of that generational
Video examples
The boost students need...
or can take for granted. And when we think of people like this, we should only think of them as exceptional, but not as exceptions. Thinking of them as exceptions absolves us of the collective responsibility to help students in similar situations.
Video examples
Robyn Stein DeLuca: The...
without losing the title of good woman. We know that the variables in a woman's environment are much more likely to cause her to be angry than her hormones, but when she attributes anger to hormones, she's absolved of responsibility or criticism.
Video examples
Nirmalya Kumar: India's...
in the quantity and quality needed to keep this innovation engine going, so companies are finding innovative ways to overcome this, but in the end it does not absolve the government of the responsibility for creating this educational structure.
Video examples
India's invisible...
producing students the quantity and quality needed to keep this innovation engine going so companies are finding innovative ways to overcome this but in the end it does not absolve the government of the responsibility for creating this
Video examples
What we can do about the...
I wasn't. She offered me sort of conditional forgiveness. What she wrote was "Messages such as yours cannot absolve you of your past actions. The only way to do that is to improve the world, prevent others from behaving in similar ways
Video examples
In search for the man...
I was baffled. Abed had said something remarkable. Did it point up the degree to which he'd absolved himself of the crash? Was it evidence of guilt, an assertion that he should have been put away longer?
Video examples
5 Ethical Principles for...
We cannot absolve ourselves of the responsibilities and accountabilities of our actions if our actions actually cause harm to those that we purport to protect and serve.
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George Tenet
American Public Servant
Here's the teaching point, if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and it doesn't absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions.
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Suze Orman
American Author
The foundation of a financial fresh start actually has nothing to do with money or specific financial dos and don'ts. The first, and most difficult, step is to absolve yourself and your spouse or partner of any guilt.
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Keith Olbermann
American Journalist
The corporation is one of the great unheralded human inventions of destruction. It is a way to absolve from any personal liability a bunch of people. They form together in a massive ID and they do whatever they want.
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James Buchan
British Novelist
In modern society, where most people live in cities, and where both needs and wishes are absolved through the same remote agency - money - the distinction between wishes and needs has altogether vanished.
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John McCarthy
American Politician
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.
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Charlotte Bronte
British Novelist
If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends.
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Robert Browning
English Poet
White shall not neutralize the black, nor good compensate bad in man, absolve him so: life's business being just the terrible choice.
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Louise Linton
Scottish Actress
I don't really believe in torpedoing someone's career when they've been absolved of doing something.
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Albert Bandura
Canadian Psychologist
Perpetrators absolve their harmful behavior as serving worthy causes.
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Fidel Castro
Statesman
Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me.
Quote examples
George Tenet
American Public Servant
Here's the teaching point, if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and it doesn't absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions.
Quote examples
Suze Orman
American Author
The foundation of a financial fresh start actually has nothing to do with money or specific financial dos and don'ts. The first, and most difficult, step is to absolve yourself and your spouse or partner of any guilt.
Quote examples
Keith Olbermann
American Journalist
The corporation is one of the great unheralded human inventions of destruction. It is a way to absolve from any personal liability a bunch of people. They form together in a massive ID and they do whatever they want.
Quote examples
James Buchan
British Novelist
In modern society, where most people live in cities, and where both needs and wishes are absolved through the same remote agency - money - the distinction between wishes and needs has altogether vanished.
Quote examples
John McCarthy
American Politician
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.
Quote examples
Charlotte Bronte
British Novelist
If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends.
Quote examples
Robert Browning
English Poet
White shall not neutralize the black, nor good compensate bad in man, absolve him so: life's business being just the terrible choice.
Quote examples
Louise Linton
Scottish Actress
I don't really believe in torpedoing someone's career when they've been absolved of doing something.
Quote examples
Albert Bandura
Canadian Psychologist
Perpetrators absolve their harmful behavior as serving worthy causes.
Quote examples
Fidel Castro
Statesman
Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me.
Example 1 of 10
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