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She accused the executive of "deliberately" trying to absolve itself of responsibility by insisting the duty lies on Westminster to solve the problem.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

She can’t absolve her father of his failures, but she can offer him — and herself — another chance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025

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

That the prison had been overcrowded at the time didn’t absolve it from its responsibility to provide the plaintiff, whose doctor had advised to avoid tobacco smoke, with a smoke-free environment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025

The static crackled, then a voice, very taken with itself, proclaimed, “Condemn me, it does not matter. History will absolve me!”

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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

"An order that absolves a man of such a crime, to say it's not a crime, is the darkest hour in our legal system," she told the BBC.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025

Glass isn’t the kind of filmmaker who absolves her characters’ sins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024

But seeing Tano’s panicked face absolves me of those worries.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

For Kevin Farmer, executive secretary of the Codrington Trust in Barbados, the argument that the Church absolved itself by eventually supporting abolition is deeply flawed.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

Mohamed Salah has been pinpointed as one factor in Liverpool's slide, but he can be absolved here.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 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

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

But he feared a ban would easily be overcome by tech-savvy teens, at the same time absolving parents of responsibility.

From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026

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

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood