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Definition of Absolve
1. Verb. Grant remission of a sin to. "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's"
Generic synonyms: Forgive
Derivative terms: Absolution, Absolution, Absolver, Absolvitory
2. Verb. Let off the hook. "I absolve you from this responsibility"
Specialized synonyms: Excuse, Exempt, Let Off, Relieve, Wash One's Hands
Generic synonyms: Forgive
Derivative terms: Absolvitory, Justification
Antonyms: Blame
Definition of Absolve
1. v. t. 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.
Definition of Absolve
1. Verb. (context: transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). ¹
2. Verb. (context: transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt. ¹
3. Verb. (context: transitive theology) To pronounce free or give absolution from sin. ¹
4. Verb. (context: transitive obsolete) To finish; to accomplish. ¹
5. Verb. (context: transitive obsolete) To resolve or explain. ¹
6. Verb. To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Absolve
1. to free from the consequences of an action [v -SOLVED, -SOLVING, -SOLVES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Absolve
Literary usage of Absolve
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Grammar of the French Tongue: Grounded Upon the Decisions of the French by John Perrin (1832)
"Absous, absolve thou, qu'il absolve, let Mm absolve. ... absolve ye, qu'ils
absolvent, let th. àb. SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD. J'absolve, that I may ) |» Nous ..."
2. An Elementary Latin Dictionary by Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery (1918)
"... absolve» him from obligation to Venus. — To pay of, satisfy, putt: hunc, T.
— To complete, bring to an end: de ..."
3. Councils and ecclesiastical documents relating to Great Britain and Ireland by William Stubbs, David Wilkins (1869)
"AD 1295. [Probably in February or March.] Commission of Robert Arik- bishop of
Canterbury to absolve Madoc or bis adherents if they ..."
4. Grammar of the French Language by Nicolas Wanostrocht (1824)
"ABSOUDRE, TO absolve, TO ACO.UIX. INFINITIVE MOOD. Present. Absoudre, to absolve.
Part. act. ... absolve, absolves, absolve, that I may absolve, Plur. ..."
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