absolved

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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

If the judge agrees to the US Justice Department's recommendation, Hankison would serve one day in prison and be absolved of further time behind bars because of time already served.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2025

The two official inquiries, one of which was commissioned by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, absolved MI5 and its officers of deliberate wrongdoing.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025

The test result does not have the desired effect of making me feel absolved or even clean.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich