Word Meaning

Meaning of absolve

- 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.
- To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.
- To finish; to accomplish.
- To resolve or explain.

Crossword clue for absolve

- Acquit
- Acquit or pardon
- Clear of blame
- Clear of wrongdoing
- Enable heart to work out excuse
- Exonerate
- Forgive (sinner)
- Forgive sailor’s foolish love
- Free from blame
- Make reparations
- Pardon
- Pardon as AB’s love to reform
- Relieve of obligation
- Sailor loves getting into trouble? Pardon?
- With extreme aplomb, work out free from blame