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English Dictionary: absolved by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
absolved
adj
  1. freed from any question of guilt; "is absolved from all blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice"; "his official honor is vindicated"
    Synonym(s): absolved, clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Absolve \Ab*solve"\ (#; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Absolved}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Absolving}.] [L. absolvere to set free, to
      absolve; ab + solvere to loose. See {Assoil}, {Solve}.]
      1. 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.
  
                     Halifax was absolved by a majority of fourteen.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      2. To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); --
            said of the sin or guilt.
  
                     In his name I absolve your perjury.   --Gibbon.
  
      3. To finish; to accomplish. [Obs.]
  
                     The work begun, how soon absolved.      --Milton.
  
      4. To resolve or explain. [Obs.] [bd]We shall not absolve the
            doubt.[b8]                                                   --Sir T.
                                                                              Browne.
  
      Syn: To {Absolve}, {Exonerate}, {Acquit}.
  
      Usage: We speak of a man as absolved from something that
                  binds his conscience, or involves the charge of
                  wrongdoing; as, to absolve from allegiance or from the
                  obligation of an oath, or a promise. We speak of a
                  person as exonerated, when he is released from some
                  burden which had rested upon him; as, to exonerate
                  from suspicion, to exonerate from blame or odium. It
                  implies a purely moral acquittal. We speak of a person
                  as acquitted, when a decision has been made in his
                  favor with reference to a specific charge, either by a
                  jury or by disinterested persons; as, he was acquitted
                  of all participation in the crime.
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