as in acquitting
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 pardoning
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as in absolution
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Verb
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Verdict Announced in Young Dolph's Murder Trial The jury deliberated for about three hours before acquitting the 45-year-old of first-degree murder and conspiracy charges.—
Jenna Sundel
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Aug. 2025 -
In 2013, with Knox now back in the United States, Italy’s highest court ordered a new trial, ultimately acquitting her in 2015.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Subsequently, Pope Francis granted SSPX priests a slow trickle of faculties, such as the ability to officiate marriages or perform the sacrament of absolution in limited circumstances.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Aug. 2025
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Instead there was a focus on identitarian politics, as though an acknowledgement of one’s whiteness, a telling of one’s awareness of racist histories, can act as absolution from them.—
Emily Van Duyne
July 24,
Literary Hub,
24 July 2025
Verb
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Italy's highest court made the final ruling in 2015, exonerating Knox and Sollecito for good.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Two recent court decisions—one a civil case over an allegedly defective anatomical implant, the other a murder in rural Wisconsin—are the latest in a string of decisions confirming wearables data is fair game and can be pivotal in exposing a wrongdoing or exonerating an innocent person.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
27 Sep. 2021
Noun
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In Christian lore, the sycamore also symbolizes repentance, humility, and forgiveness of one’s sins, evoked by the story of the tax collector Zacchaeus, who climbed one to see Jesus.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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Feng Shaofeng co-stars in the emotional character study about guilt and the possibility of forgiveness.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But, of course, that doesn’t necessarily count for much in the current dispensation, where reality is becoming a Choose Your Own Adventure story.—
Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
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All this unfolds while the days count down, flagged by bold onscreen graphics, to the Day Zero when Teresa will get her papal dispensation and leave the convent to start her new order.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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An officer at the Gaston County Police Department received an exculpatory statement — but never disclosed it, according to the suit.—
Ryan Oehrli
August 29,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Aug. 2025
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Other human factors contribute to wrongful imprisonment, and exculpatory DNA is not present in most cases.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Absolving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absolving. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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