absolve

== English == === Etymology === First attested in the early 15th century. From Middle English absolven, from Latin absolvere (“set free, acquit”), from ab (“away from”) + solvō (“loosen, free, release”). Doublet of assoil. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əbˈzɒlv/ (US) IPA(key): /æbˈzɑlv/, /-ˈsɑlv/, /əbˈ-/, /-ˈsɔlv/, /-ˈzɔlv/ Rhymes: -ɒlv === Verb === absolve (third-person singular simple present absolves, present participle absolving, simple past and past participle absolved) (transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] Synonyms: excuse, exempt, free, release; see also Thesaurus:liberate (transitive, obsolete) To resolve; to explain; to solve. [Attested from the late 15th century until the mid 17th century.] Synonyms: decipher, elucidate, work out; see also Thesaurus:explain, Thesaurus:solve 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 331-332,[1] […] he that can monsters tame, laboures atchive, riddles absolve […] (transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt. [First attested in the mid 16th century.] Synonyms: acquit, exculpate, exonerate, pardon, remit, vindicate; see also Thesaurus:acquit (transitive, law) To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for. [First attested in the mid 16th century.] Synonyms: amnesty, forgive, remit (transitive, theology) To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to. [First attested in the mid 16th century.] (transitive, theology) To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin. [First attested in the late 16th century.] Synonym: remit (transitive, obsolete) To finish; to accomplish. [Attested from the late 16th century until the early 19th century.] Synonyms: complete, conclude, finalize; see also Thesaurus:end (transitive) To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically. ==== Usage notes ==== (to set free, release from obligations): Normally followed by the word from. (to pronounce free from; give absolution for blame): Normally followed by the word from. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == Galician == === Verb === absolve inflection of absolver: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Latin == === Verb === absolve second-person singular present active imperative of absolvō == Portuguese == === Verb === absolve inflection of absolver: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative