absolve

Meaning of absolve

verb
  1. 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:

justify, free

Meaning (of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing:

exonerate

Meaning release from the custody or restraint of the law:

discharge

Meaning free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty:

acquit

Meaning show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing:

exculpate

Meaning clear (someone) of blame or suspicion:

vindicate

Meaning remit or discharge (a debt):

release

Meaning cause (pain, distress, or difficulty) to become less severe or serious:

relieve

Meaning set (someone) free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression:

liberate

Meaning bring and hand over (a letter, parcel, or goods) to the proper recipient or address:

deliver

Meaning officially show or declare (someone) to be innocent:

clear

Meaning give (something of which one has enough) to (someone):

spare

Meaning free (a person or organization) from an obligation or liability imposed on others:

exempt

Meaning stop feeling angry or resentful towards (someone) for an offence, flaw, or mistake:

forgive

Meaning forgive or excuse (a person, error, or offence):

pardon

Meaning seek to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offence); try to justify:

excuse

Meaning cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death):

reprieve

absolve antonyms

Meaning feel or declare that (someone or something) is responsible for a fault or wrong:

blame

Meaning express complete disapproval of; censure:

condemn

Meaning inflict a penalty or sanction on (someone) as retribution for an offence, especially a transgression of a legal or moral code:

punish

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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