as in pardoning
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as in absolution
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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for absolving
Noun
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To depict him as a victim of manipulation grants him an unearned absolution.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025 -
The road to Trump begins, in some moral sense, with the absolution of Nixon.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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More than 134,000 Los Angeles County residents began getting notices in the mail Monday as part of the first wave of medical bill forgiveness made possible by the county’s Medical Debt Relief Program.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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Processing forbearances can count toward student loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program for a period of up to 60 days.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
Noun
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The Senate’s agriculture, labor, energy and banking committees are each instructed to shed at least $1 billion in spending while other committees are given dispensation to increase spending by hundreds of billions.—
Aris Folley,
The Hill,
4 Apr. 2025
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Although both the left and the right repudiated Wright himself, the next dispensation may very well flow out of majority-black churches like Wright’s.—
James Morone,
Foreign Affairs,
16 June 2015
Adjective
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The prosecution has an ethical obligation and duty to turn over everything that can be exculpatory, Marris said.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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Whenever potentially exculpatory information arose, it was often ignored.—
Gary Baum,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Absolving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absolving. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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