1. Verb
To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment.
2. Verb
To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.
3. Verb
To finish; to accomplish.
4. Verb
To resolve or explain.
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