ABSOLVE

/əbˈzɒlv/

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Definition

/əbˈzɒlv/

verb

To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).
“You will absolve a subject from his allegiance.”
To resolve; to explain; to solve.
To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt.
To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for.
To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to.