absolve
Example Sentences
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The Student Group Claim argues this basic principle of consumer law overrides any clauses in university contracts which seek to absolve the institution from responsibility for disruption.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 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
No plan to take down the Oakland Police Department would absolve his heart.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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