Absolvent
to free from guilt or blame or their consequences:
The court absolved her of guilt in his death.
to set free or release, as from some duty, obligation, or responsibility (usually followed by from):
to be absolved from one’s oath.
to grant pardon for.
Ecclesiastical.
to grant or pronounce remission of sins to.
to remit (a sin) by .
to declare (censure, as excommunication) removed.
verb (transitive)
(usually foll by from) to release from blame, sin, punishment, obligation, or responsibility
to pronounce not guilty; acquit; pardon
v.
early 15c., from Latin absolvere “set free, loosen, acquit,” from ab- “from” (see ab-) + solvere “loosen” (see solve). Related: Absolved; absolving.
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- Absolver
to free from guilt or blame or their consequences: The court absolved her of guilt in his death. to set free or release, as from some duty, obligation, or responsibility (usually followed by from): to be absolved from one’s oath. to grant pardon for. Ecclesiastical. to grant or pronounce remission of sins to. to remit […]
- Absonant
dissonant; discordant (usually followed by from or to): behavior that is absonant to nature. Historical Examples absonant, ab′so-nant, adj. discordant: absurd: unnatural (with to or from)—opp. Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) Various
- Absorb
to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up: A sponge absorbs water. to swallow up the identity or individuality of; incorporate: The empire absorbed many small nations. to involve the full attention of; to engross or engage wholly: so absorbed in a book that he did not hear the bell. to occupy or […]
- Absorbability
to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up: A sponge absorbs water. to swallow up the identity or individuality of; incorporate: The empire absorbed many small nations. to involve the full attention of; to engross or engage wholly: so absorbed in a book that he did not hear the bell. to occupy or […]
- Absorbable
to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up: A sponge absorbs water. to swallow up the identity or individuality of; incorporate: The empire absorbed many small nations. to involve the full attention of; to engross or engage wholly: so absorbed in a book that he did not hear the bell. to occupy or […]