| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To acquit, exculpate or exonerate.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb absolve.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (absolve) | 1. Grant remission of a sin to; "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's".[Wordnet]. 2. Let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility".[Wordnet]. 3. 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.[Websters]. 4. To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.[Websters]. 5. To finish; to accomplish.[Websters]. 6. To resolve or explain.[Websters]. 7. Base verb from the following inflections: absolving, absolved, absolves, absolver, absolvers, absolvingly and absolvedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "ABSOLVING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ABSOLVING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Setting free from a debt, or charge; acquitting; remitting.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of absolve. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: absolve
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| History will Absolve Me | History Will Absolve Me is the title of a speech made by Fidel Castro in 1953. It has been later published as a book. Castro made the speech in his own defense against the charges brought on him after the attack on the Moncada Barracks by the 26th of July Movement, which he led. The speech received its title from its last sentence: "History will absolve me". (references) | ||
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