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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

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

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

This doesn’t absolve me of blame—there’s plenty of blame to go around.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

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

That view absolves us of trying to understand the systemic source of those indignities as something other than unkindness.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2024

The review, which was done by Austin’s subordinates, largely absolves anyone of wrongdoing for the secrecy surrounding his hospitalization, which included several days in the intensive care unit.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 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

“The beauty of this narrative was that it not only absolved Jefferson and his fellow slaveholders of their sins; it absolved America as a whole,” Mr. Rasenberger writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Given the recent court ruling, he and dozens of other tattooists expect to be absolved of their charges.

From BBC ● May 29, 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

My stepfather’s final admonition to me went unheeded as I absolved myself of all responsibility and stayed out of the house as much as possible, thus avoiding the emotional impact of watching Mommy suffer.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

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