absolve
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
lifestyle
religion
theology
Etymology: First attested in the early 15th century. From Middle English absolven, from Latin absolvere (“set free, acquit”), from ab (“away from”) + solvō (“loosen, free, release”). Doublet of assoil.
Inflected forms:
form: absolves
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: absolving
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: absolved
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: absolved
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: You will absolve a subject from his allegiance.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world.
The Committee divided, and Halifax was absolved by a majority of fourteen.
gloss: To resolve; to explain; to solve.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 331-332,
[…] he that can monsters tame, laboures atchive, riddles absolve […]
we ſhall not abſolve the doubt.
gloss: To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: A Heretic may see the truth and seek redemption. He may be forgiven his past and will be absolved in death. A Traitor can never be forgiven. A Traitor will never find peace in this world or the next. There is nothing as wretched or as hated in all the world as a Traitor.
gloss: To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Abſolves the juſt, and dooms the guilty ſouls.
gloss: To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: To make confession and to be absolved.
gloss: To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: In his name I abſolve your perjury and ſanctify your arms: follow my footſteps in the paths of glory and ſalvation; and if ſtill ye have ſcruples, devolve on my head the puniſhment and the ſin.
gloss: To finish; to accomplish.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: and the work begun, how ſoon / Abſolv'd,
gloss: To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Related words: absolutionary
absolutive
absolutory
absolvatory
Derived words: absolvable
absolvement
absolver
reabsolve
unabsolve
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: оправдавам
roman: opravdavam
lang: Dutch
word: vrijspreken
lang: Dutch
word: vergeven
lang: Finnish
word: armahtaa
lang: Finnish
word: vapauttaa syytöksistä
lang: French
word: absoudre
lang: German
word: freisprechen
lang: Greek
word: συγχωρώ
roman: synchoró
lang: Hungarian
word: feloldoz
lang: Italian
word: assolvere
lang: Latin
word: absolvō
lang: Latin
word: condono
lang: Māori
word: whakaharakore
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: absolvere
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: frikjenne
lang: Persian
word: عفو کردن
lang: Portuguese
word: absolver
lang: Slovene
word: oprostiti
lang: Slovene
word: pomilostiti
lang: Spanish
word: absolver
lang: Swedish
word: frikänna
lang: Turkish
word: bağışlamak
lang: Turkish
word: yarlıgamak
lang: Turkish
word: aklamak
lang: Bulgarian
word: опрощавам
roman: oproštavam
lang: Dutch
word: vergeven
lang: Dutch
word: absolveren
lang: Esperanto
word: senpekigi
lang: Esperanto
word: pekliberigi
lang: Finnish
word: armahtaa
lang: Finnish
word: antaa synninpäästö
lang: French
word: absoudre
lang: German
word: freisprechen
lang: German
word: lossprechen
lang: German
word: absolvieren
lang: Hungarian
word: feloldoz
lang: Italian
word: assolvere
lang: Latin
word: absolvo
lang: Norwegian
word: tilgi
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: absolvere
lang: Persian
word: آمرزیدن
lang: Polish
word: rozgrzeszać
lang: Polish
word: rozgrzeszyć
lang: Polish
word: absolwować
lang: Portuguese
word: absolver
lang: Portuguese
word: redimir
lang: Russian
word: проща́ть
roman: proščátʹ
lang: Russian
word: отпуска́ть
roman: otpuskátʹ
lang: Slovene
word: odvezati
lang: Slovene
word: dati odvezo
lang: Spanish
word: absolver
lang: Swedish
word: avlösa
lang: Swedish
word: ge absolution åt
lang: Turkish
word: bağışlamak
lang: Turkish
word: yarlıgamak