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English to English verb
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grant remission of a sin to |  | Example: The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's
source: wordnet30
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let off the hook | | Example: I absolve you from this responsibility
source: wordnet30
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To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment. | | source: webster1913
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