absolve
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In a court filing this month responding to LVMH, Puech’s lawyers say that it is too soon to absolve the company of blame and that any responsibility should be determined by the continuing criminal investigation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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
This documentary doesn’t absolve any sins; it highlights them.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 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
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
But while prosecutors say she needs to be held accountable for her actions, her lawyers say her mental state at the time absolves her of liability.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
But Morrissey, the prosecutor, appears to be skeptical of Baldwin’s statements about the trigger and whether that absolves him of guilt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 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
In March, a California jury found Musk liable for some of the investors’ losses, but absolved him of defrauding them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
This narrative absolved leaders of responsibility and stripped communities of agency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
Scientific research has absolved vaccines as a cause.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
Mohamed Salah has been pinpointed as one factor in Liverpool's slide, but he can be absolved here.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
Guenever cried: “But if you really were absolved this time!”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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
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