absolve
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Sir Geoffrey welcomed the announcement but said it does not "absolve Capita from processing and making payments to members of this scheme in a timely manner".
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
"An external source of ignition or extreme weather does not necessarily absolve a company of civil liability," said Hawari.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 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
That deal, and a similar one struck in 2024, didn’t absolve him of criminal liability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
This doesn’t absolve me of blame—there’s plenty of blame to go around.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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Your mother-in-law knows her son better than anyone, I assume, and giving this money to him absolves her of two things.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
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
But seeing Tano’s panicked face absolves me of those worries.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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Given the recent court ruling, he and dozens of other tattooists expect to be absolved of their charges.
From BBC ● May 29, 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
After months, he'd finally been absolved of his guilt.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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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
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
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