as in forgiveness
release from the guilt or penalty of an offense
the jury's verdict of "not guilty" was absolution in the eyes of the law, but the verdict would always be "guilty" in the court of public opinion
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Recent Examples of absolution
Some will take the jury's verdict as absolution for Combs' overarching actions.
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Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 3 July 2025
But the path to forgiveness is full of unexpected twists and turns, and true absolution may cost Dream everything.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
Mercy asks for allowance, where forgiveness demands absolution.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 1 July 2025
But while visitors may find plenty of reasons to feel remorse when their Vegas sojourn ends, absolution might be found in the city’s renewable energy boom.
—Max Bearak, New York Times, 24 June 2025
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Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 3 July 2025
But the path to forgiveness is full of unexpected twists and turns, and true absolution may cost Dream everything.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
Mercy asks for allowance, where forgiveness demands absolution.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 1 July 2025
But while visitors may find plenty of reasons to feel remorse when their Vegas sojourn ends, absolution might be found in the city’s renewable energy boom.
—Max Bearak, New York Times, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for absolution
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Immediate forgiveness – a message of letting go of the anger that comes with being so terribly wronged – has a familiar sound to those who have been following a frighteningly violent news cycle.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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Recently, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has also taken legal action against the Department of Education, alleging that the administration has unlawfully delayed or denied access to loan forgiveness programs, such as IDR and PSLF.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The ruling may also push Bolsonaro’s allies in Brazil’s largely conservative Congress to seek some form of amnesty for him.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Some members of Brazil’s Congress had already, prior to the verdict, introduced a bill that could grant Bolsonaro amnesty.—
Joe Wright,
The Conversation,
12 Sep. 2025
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Trump has suggested that the pardons Biden signed using the technology should be considered null and void.—
Lalee Ibssa,
ABC News,
24 Sep. 2025
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His pardon came after years of pressure on Egypt’s government from his family, that included long hunger strikes by Abd El-Fattah and his mother, Laila Soueif, who is a professor of math at Cairo University.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Absolution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absolution. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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