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ACQUITTAL |
Absolution |
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FORGIVENESS |
Absolution |
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AMNESTY |
Absolution |
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ABSOLVATORY |
Conferring absolution; absolutory. |
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SHRIVE |
To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively. |
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ASSOILMENT |
Act of assoiling, or state of being assoiled;
absolution; acquittal. |
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SHRIFT |
Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent
upon it. |
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CONFESSOR |
A priest who hears the confessions of others and is
authorized to grant them absolution. |
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CONFESSION |
The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in
order to obtain sacramental absolution. |
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LICENTIATE |
A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant
absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy. |
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EXCUSE |
The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating,
pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution;
justification; extenuation. |
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PARDON |
The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or
of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment;
absolution. |
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CONFESS |
To make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a
priest, in order to receive absolution; -- sometimes followed by the
reflexive pronoun. |
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PENITENTIARY |
An office of the papal court which examines cases of
conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers
decisions, dispensations,... |
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INDULGENCE |
... after
the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution
from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment... |