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He assumes that, these days, the public goes to see movies or plays, watches television, or reads books either to avoid this dismal reality or absolve themselves from it.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

“Regardless of how competent or negligent L.A. Fire was in responding, it does not absolve his guilt in starting the initial fire,” Essayli told KFI on Friday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

The Student Group Claim argues this basic principle of consumer law overrides any clauses in university contracts which seek to absolve the institution from responsibility for disruption.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

However, the Nuremberg tribunals after World War II established in international law that obeying an unlawful order does not absolve an individual of responsibility for atrocities.

From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2025

No plan to take down the Oakland Police Department would absolve his heart.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

A fractious national legislature absolves anyone of the responsibility of trying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Martinique official Serge Letchimy hailed a vote that he said had come "to shatter a system that tramples on the truth, absolves the guilty, and scorns the victims".

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

In order to receive their raw footage, Ms Stanton has asked clients to sign a "contract" that absolves Wallflower Weddings Videography of editing their final film.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025

That view absolves us of trying to understand the systemic source of those indignities as something other than unkindness.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2024

Saying kaddish and sitting shiva, that absolves them of any responsibility for you.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

Because of the BBC's revelations, two official inquiries took place which absolved MI5 and its officers of deliberate wrongdoing, claiming the false evidence was down to mistakes and poor memories.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

“The beauty of this narrative was that it not only absolved Jefferson and his fellow slaveholders of their sins; it absolved America as a whole,” Mr. Rasenberger writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

But the jury absolved Musk of “engaging in a scheme to defraud Twitter investors.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

Former England goalkeeper and Match of the Day pundit Joe Hart also absolved Vicario of blame for the first goal.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2025

Her mockery irritated him, as did the speed with which she had absolved Major Madu of any responsibility for Major Udodi’s boorish behavior.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Today's move "strengthens expectations" of the health board bosses he said, rather than absolving them of responsibility.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Moolenaar redeemed Suozzi, absolving him of any New York weirdness.

From Salon ● May 29, 2026

As you suggested, this is often referred to as an “act of God” — absolving Adam of any negligence/responsibility.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

But that may have been the actor’s way of absolving himself of his monstrous off-screen behavior.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

I walk away from her, guilt on my hands, absolving myself: I’m a good person.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood