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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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Recent Examples of absolved
Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Brown, the lone vote against Martinez’s item, said offering trainings to all councilmembers without mandating it for the mayor and not censuring him absolved Martinez of accountability.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
Hoyer made amends for his quiet winter by signing Bregman and acquiring starting pitcher Edward Cabrera in the same week, and Ricketts was absolved by finally opening his wallet and deferring $70 million like a real large-market owner.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
Veiel, conducting a forensic examination of Riefenstahl’s archives and other sources, picks apart the myth the filmmaker propagated after World War II that absolved herself of any complicity in Nazi atrocities.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025
Yet this compromise absolved slavery’s defenders of any obligation to concede ground, and placed the onus squarely on slavery’s critics to accommodate their demands.
—Time, 17 Nov. 2025
The book would remain out of print for the duration of an eight-year legal battle that ultimately saw Matthiessen and his publisher, Viking, absolved.
—Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
In response, Clarkson burst into laughter and threw her hands in the air, as if she were absolved of her grief.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Adani's flagship Adani Enterprises jumped over 4% after India's market watchdog absolved Adani Group and its founder Gautam Adani of certain misconduct allegations made by Hindenburg Research.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
With Skakel being absolved of all charges, the mystery surrounding the decades-old murder of Martha Moxley continues to plague her family and community, with no true promise that the case will ever be solved.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Brown, the lone vote against Martinez’s item, said offering trainings to all councilmembers without mandating it for the mayor and not censuring him absolved Martinez of accountability.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
Hoyer made amends for his quiet winter by signing Bregman and acquiring starting pitcher Edward Cabrera in the same week, and Ricketts was absolved by finally opening his wallet and deferring $70 million like a real large-market owner.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
Veiel, conducting a forensic examination of Riefenstahl’s archives and other sources, picks apart the myth the filmmaker propagated after World War II that absolved herself of any complicity in Nazi atrocities.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025
Yet this compromise absolved slavery’s defenders of any obligation to concede ground, and placed the onus squarely on slavery’s critics to accommodate their demands.
—Time, 17 Nov. 2025
The book would remain out of print for the duration of an eight-year legal battle that ultimately saw Matthiessen and his publisher, Viking, absolved.
—Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
In response, Clarkson burst into laughter and threw her hands in the air, as if she were absolved of her grief.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Adani's flagship Adani Enterprises jumped over 4% after India's market watchdog absolved Adani Group and its founder Gautam Adani of certain misconduct allegations made by Hindenburg Research.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for absolved
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Juan Espinoza Martinez, 37, was acquitted of one count of murder-for-hire last week.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The administration characterized Rittenhouse’s actions as self-defense, and he was ultimately acquitted.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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What counts as a cleared sidewalk?—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
1 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The film’s most tense and destabilizing sequence is a confrontational meeting between the exonerated men and Bishop.—
Beandrea July,
IndieWire,
29 Jan. 2026
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There are post-release government resources for people exiting prison, but none tailored to the extraordinary circumstances of the exonerated — wronged by the legal system, in many cases over decades, and then suddenly put on the street with no preparation or plan for facing the outside world.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Absolved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absolved. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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