absolving

Meaning

1. To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).
2. To resolve; to explain; to solve.
3. To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt.
4. To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for.
5. To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to.
6. To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin.

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Sources

1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data