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Definitions of 'absolve'
If a report or investigation absolves someone of blame or responsibility, it formally states that he or she is not guilty
or is not to blame.
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Conjugations of 'absolve'
present simple: I absolve, you absolve [...]
past simple: I absolved, you absolved [...]
past participle: absolved
Examples of 'absolve' in a sentence
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But she had to do something, she had to absolve this terrible feeling of guilt.Adam cried desperately, crossing his fingers behind his back in the childish belief
that such a gesture would absolve him.And not even the all-embracing, everlasting, multitudinous seas could absolve this.
Translations of 'absolve'
English-French
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● transitive verb: (= excuse) [person] (from wrongdoing) absoudre [...]
English-Spanish
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● transitive verb: (= free) absolver [...]
English-German
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● transitive verb: person (from responsibility) entlassen (from aus); (from sins) lossprechen (from von); (from blame) freisprechen (from von); (from vow, oath etc) entbinden (from von, +gen) [...]
English-Italian
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● transitive verb: to absolve sb from: sciogliere qn da [...]
English-Portuguese
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● transitive verb: to absolve sb (from): absolver alguém (de) [...]
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