absolve
verb (used with object)
to free from guilt or blame or their consequences.
am absolving
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present progressiveof absolve (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"Francine," cried de Bonzag, in amazed indignation, "do you realize that I probably have given you a fortune—and that I am absolving you of all division of it with me!"
From Murder in Any Degree by Owen Johnson
