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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

It wouldn’t be an Aronofsky film if his characters weren’t damned from the start, forced to spend the movie’s runtime seeking absolution wherever they can get it.

From Salon Aug. 29, 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

Here she was, offering a possibility of absolution.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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