absolve
Meaning of absolve
verb
- declare (someone) free from guilt, obligation, or punishment.
the pardon absolved them of any crimes
late Middle English: from Latin absolvere ‘set free, acquit’, from ab- ‘from’ + solvere ‘loosen’.
Information about absolve
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of absolve
ab-solve
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- absolve is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
absolve synonyms
Meaning justify:
Meaning (of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing:
Meaning release from the custody or restraint of the law:
Meaning free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty:
Meaning show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing:
Meaning clear (someone) of blame or suspicion:
Meaning remit or discharge (a debt):
Meaning cause (pain, distress, or difficulty) to become less severe or serious:
Meaning set (someone) free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression:
Meaning bring and hand over (a letter, parcel, or goods) to the proper recipient or address:
Meaning officially show or declare (someone) to be innocent:
Meaning give (something of which one has enough) to (someone):
Meaning free (a person or organization) from an obligation or liability imposed on others:
Meaning stop feeling angry or resentful towards (someone) for an offence, flaw, or mistake:
Meaning forgive or excuse (a person, error, or offence):
Meaning seek to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offence); try to justify:
Meaning cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death):
absolve antonyms
Meaning feel or declare that (someone or something) is responsible for a fault or wrong:
Meaning express complete disapproval of; censure:
Meaning inflict a penalty or sanction on (someone) as retribution for an offence, especially a transgression of a legal or moral code:
Translation of absolve
Words that rhyme with absolve
dissolve, exsolve, persolve, predissolve, preresolve, reabsolve, redissolve, resolve, solve, unresolve, unsolve, upsolve, circumvolve, coevolve, coinvolve, convolve, corevolve, deconvolve, devolve, disinvolve, evolve, interinvolve, intervolve, involve, obvolve, overinvolve, preinvolve, reinvolve, revolve, volve, wolve, exolve
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