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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

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

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

Tom Brandis is a rumpled, pudgy wreck, an ex-priest who no longer believes in God and can’t absolve his son of a sin that shattered their family.

From Salon • Oct. 6, 2025

I never bothered to notice before how thoroughly I’ve relied on Anatole to justify and absolve me here.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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