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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
absolve /əbˈzɒlv/
▶verb declare (someone) free from guilt or responsibility: the pardon absolved them of any crimes.
■ give absolution for (a sin).
– origin ME: from L. absolvere ‘set free, acquit’, from ab- ‘from’ + solvere ‘loosen’.
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