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absolve

[ab-zolv, -solv] / æbˈzɒlv, -ˈsɒlv /


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Platner, 41, was already asking voters to absolve him of all prior actions up to five years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 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

And then go the next day to absolve myself.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 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




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