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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

But even if you don’t believe any of that, Leo is the head of the Roman Catholic Church, the largest organization on Earth spreading that message of absolution through belief.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026

"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

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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