absolve
pronunciation
How to pronounce absolve in British English:
UK [əbˈzɒlv]
How to pronounce absolve in American English:
US [əbˈzɑːlv]
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- Verb:
- grant remission of a sin to
- let off the hook
Word Origin
- absolve (v.)
- early 15c., from Latin absolvere "set free, loosen, acquit," from ab- "from" (see ab-) + solvere "loosen" (see solve). Related: Absolved; absolving.
Example
- 1. In any case it does not absolve china from its duty to treat fleeing north koreans humanely .
- 2. None of this is to absolve governments and regulators of responsibility for the crash .
- 3. She has learned how to absolve those who mocked , vilified and condemned her .
- 4. The act of resignation , moreover , cannot absolve him of responsibility for what happened on his watch .
- 5. Unlike the many absentees in my class who often abstained from attending the boring lectures , I dare not absolve myself from this responsibility .