absolution
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Compounding the novel’s Gothic gloom is the sense that these confessions do not provide their speakers any absolution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Lowery explores the wounds inflicted by fame’s piercing orbit, implying that absolution isn’t attained by climbing stardom’s echelons, but by falling just before reaching the top, hitting every last regret on the way down.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
Did writing the book make you think about aging or absolution differently at all?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
While absolution is central to Welby's lifelong faith, his forgiveness of Smyth may sit uncomfortably with some survivors, who have accused him of failing to engage with them.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2025
Preemptive penance and absolution were doctrines researched and developed by the Consistorial Court, but not known to the wider Church.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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