absolve

Word family nounabsolverabsolvitorverbabsolve

ab·solve /əbˈzɒlv $ -ɑːlv/ verb [transitiveT]

1 INNOCENT/NOT GUILTYto say publicly that someone is not guilty or responsible for something 宣布…无罪；免除…的责任

absolve somebody from/of something

He cannot be absolved of all responsibility for the accident.

不能完全免去他对这场事故的责任。

2 FORGIVEif someone is absolved by the Christian Church or a priest for something they have done wrong, they are formally forgiven 〔基督教或神职人员〕赦免…的罪 → absolution

n Grammar

Absolve is often passive in this meaning.

Examples from the Corpus

absolve• For Jason is proving, albeit from his grave, that death does not absolve bias.• For all that, the teacher can hardly be absolved from the attempt to clarify his own mind.• Oppenheimer seems to have absolved himself for lack of special expertise in ethics.• But there may be cases where the landlord absolves his tenant from performance in ways which release the other covenantors.• But now all of us have been absolved of ever considering it again.• He had provided a father-confessor figure to absolve the youngster's sins and absorb his phobias.

Origin absolve

(1400-1500) Latin absolvere, from ab- “away” + solvere “to loosen”

单词	absolve
释义	absolve Word family nounabsolverabsolvitorverbabsolve ab·solve /əbˈzɒlv $ -ɑːlv/ verb [transitiveT] 1 INNOCENT/NOT GUILTYto say publicly that someone is not guilty or responsible for something 宣布…无罪；免除…的责任 absolve somebody from/of something He cannot be absolved of all responsibility for the accident. 不能完全免去他对这场事故的责任。 2 FORGIVEif someone is absolved by the Christian Church or a priest for something they have done wrong, they are formally forgiven 〔基督教或神职人员〕赦免…的罪 → absolution n Grammar Absolve is often passive in this meaning. Examples from the Corpus absolve• For Jason is proving, albeit from his grave, that death does not absolve bias.• For all that, the teacher can hardly be absolved from the attempt to clarify his own mind.• Oppenheimer seems to have absolved himself for lack of special expertise in ethics.• But there may be cases where the landlord absolves his tenant from performance in ways which release the other covenantors.• But now all of us have been absolved of ever considering it again.• He had provided a father-confessor figure to absolve the youngster's sins and absorb his phobias. Origin absolve (1400-1500) Latin absolvere, from ab- “away” + solvere “to loosen”
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