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absolution

[ab-suh-loo-shuhn] / ˌæb səˈlu ʃən /


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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

Did writing the book make you think about aging or absolution differently at all?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026

And that is not an argument for his absolution, it’s a factual statement on par with saying that shopping at Amazon is convenient and Tesla car batteries tend to explode.

From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2025

"Repatriation would not be moral absolution, if someone came back it wouldn't prevent them from potentially being prosecuted for what they've done," he said.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025

He made his act of contrition and listened as Father Mulrooney gave his sacramental absolution.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer




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