absolve

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Meaning

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.

To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.

To finish; to accomplish.

To resolve or explain.

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I absolve you from this responsibility Source: Internet

The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Marys Source: Internet

Deciding that only full confession will absolve him of wrongdoing, Dorian decides to destroy the last vestige of his conscience. Source: Internet

And so we create fictions that absolve us of responsibility, restoring our belief that we are smart, moral, and right - a belief that often keeps us on a course that is dumb, immoral, and wrong. Source: Internet

He believes that the only way for humans to evolve even further and develop even greater abilities is to utterly absolve themselves from their physical and human limitations and live as digital virtual entities/ avatars in the Wired for eternity. Source: Internet

But that should not absolve those in authority who could have done more but did not when they were asked for help. Source: Internet

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