Definition of absolve Absolve

/ʌbzɑˈlv/ - [ubzalv] - ab•solve

We found 10 definitions of absolve from 6 different sources.

What does absolve mean?

Verb absolves, absolving, absolved
absolve - let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
		justify, free
		fault, blame attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"
		forgive stop blaming or grant forgiveness; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday"
		let off, exempt, excuse, relieve grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"
		wash one's hands to absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame; "I wash my hands of this"
absolve - grant remission of a sin to; "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's"
		shrive
		forgive stop blaming or grant forgiveness; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday"

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absolve (Verb)
To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically.

absolve (v. t.)
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.
absolve (v. t.)
To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.
absolve (v. t.)
To finish; to accomplish.
absolve (v. t.)
To resolve or explain.

absolve
ab-zolv′, v.t. to loose or set free: to pardon: to acquit: to discharge (with from).—ns. Absolv′er, one who gives absolution or acquits; Absolv′itor, a decision favourable to a defender.—v.t. Assoil′zie, in Scots law, to absolve the accused on the grounds that the evidence disproves or does not establish the charge. [L. ab, from, solvĕre, solutum, to loose. See Solve.]