Absolve: alternatives and connections

Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.

To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of…

The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.

The act of aggravating, or making worse; -- used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; somethi…

A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and…

To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise.

The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or…

To adjudge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service; to adjudge or pronounce to be forfeited; as, the ship and her cargo were conde…

A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligati…

A writing acknowledging a debt; a writing or certificate signed by a public officer, as evidence of a debt due to some person; the sum…

To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acq…

the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "e…

To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amend…

Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; the special oath by…

Evincing or indicating guilt; involving guilt; as, a guilty look; a guilty act; a guilty feeling.

Guilt. See Guilt.

To blame; to impute guilt to; to accuse; to involve or implicate in guilt.

That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule, a duty, obligation, or responsibility.