Dictionary Entry
absolution
absolution is a 10-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
- 2noun
An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accused person innocent.
- 3noun
The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven.
- 4noun
An absolving from ecclesiastical penalties, -- for example, excommunication.
- 5noun
The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
- 6noun
Delivery, in speech.
- 7noun
the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
- 8noun
the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance
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