absolve

absolve is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.
3. transitive verb. To finish; to accomplish.
4. transitive verb. To resolve or explain.
5. verb. let off the hook

   "I absolve you from this responsibility"

   Synonyms: free, justify

6. verb. grant remission of a sin to

   "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's"

   Synonyms: shrive

Synonyms

free, justify, shrive

Common word forms

absolved, absolver, absolves, absolving

Words from these letters

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