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• v  grant remission of a sin to
  The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's
• v  let off the hook
• s  freed from any question of guilt
  is absolved from all blame

• The officer was suspended for inappropriate behavior, but was later absolved at a local politician's request.
• Sanford has spent years being absolved of all manner of indiscretions by a coven of equally deluded egos, gathered in prayer that uses Pol Pot as a lesson in leadership, I don't .
• A replica of the minutes of trials in which Pope Clement V absolved the Knights of Templar of heresy in 1308.

• shrive
• absolve
• justify
• free
• clear
• cleared
• exculpated
• exonerated
• vindicated

• blame

News & Articles

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• Answers still needed about gas explosion
  Grand Junction city officials are understandably relieved that a just-released report has absolved the city of any blame in the March natural gas explosion that destroyed two houses and injured a number of people.
  June 12, 2013 - The Daily Sentinel

Quotes

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• Sanjay Dutt in Times of India
  I respect the decision of the honourable court. I am a law-abiding citizen and I really appreciate that the honourable court absolved me of TADA (Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act) charges,Dutt told reporters here.
• Allama Iqbal in AFP
  This is like a murderer who turns in his weapon and then claims he has been absolved of the crime,said Ashan Iqbal, a spokesman for the party of former premier Nawaz Sharif, a fierce Musharraf rival.
• Aaron Kampman in ESPN
  They didn't know what was going on,Kampman said Wednesday. "They need to be completely absolved. And I didn't really know what was going on. Sometimes you just play. You keep playing. And you don't really know what's going on. But it got...