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- Dictionaryabsolve/əbˈzɒlv/
verb
- 1. declare (someone) free from guilt, obligation, or punishment: "the pardon absolved them of any crimes" Similar Opposite
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to officially remove guilt or responsibility for something wrong that someone has done or might have done: He was absolved of all wrongdoing.
The meaning of ABSOLVE is to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt. How to use absolve in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Absolve.
To be absolved is to be let off the hook, to be set free from a certain obligation or to be forgiven for a wrongdoing. The Church may absolve you of your sins, but that won't absolve you of the need to attend mass.
Absolve definition: to free from guilt or blame or their consequences. See examples of ABSOLVE used in a sentence.
1. to free from guilt or blame or their consequences. 2. to set free or release from some duty, obligation, or responsibility (usu. fol. by from ). 3. to grant pardon for; excuse. 4. a. to grant or pronounce remission of sins to. b. to remit (a sin) by absolution.
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.
absolve somebody (of/from something) to state formally that somebody is not guilty or responsible for something. The court absolved him of all responsibility for the accident.
