as in exonerated
to free from a charge of wrongdoing
no amount of remorse will absolve shoplifters who are caught, and all cases will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
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as in acquitted
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Recent Examples of absolved
Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
Mahomes isn’t absolved from that.
—Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
That does not mean that veterans are absolved of these tests as well, and that is certainly the case for the Green Bay Packers.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
However, Posada also absolved Boone of blame during a group media session.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The manhunt identified an initial suspect as George Zinn, but he was just charged with obstruction and absolved of any responsibility in the shooting.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
Mahomes isn’t absolved from that.
—Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
That does not mean that veterans are absolved of these tests as well, and that is certainly the case for the Green Bay Packers.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
However, Posada also absolved Boone of blame during a group media session.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for absolved
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The case docket has heated up this year due to the mess surrounding former Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor, who was fired earlier this year due primarily to unprofessional behavior in the Karen Read murder case — a charge a jury acquitted her of in a trial earlier this year.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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By the end of the trial in September 2023, Paxton was acquitted and resumed his duties as attorney general.—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The civil rights counts against Buck Aldridge are not related to the fatal shooting of the exonerated man, Leonard Cure, whom Aldridge killed during a struggle after a traffic stop in 2023.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC news,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Absolved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absolved. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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