absolve
verb (used with object)
to free from guilt or blame or their consequences.
had absolved
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past perfectof absolve.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The appeal to the Supreme Court cited a Los Angeles Times story last year on how the Border Patrol had absolved itself and its agents in dozens of cases of lethal force.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2016
Mignini talked to us in 2015, after the Italian supreme court had absolved Amanda and Raffaele.
From The Verge ● Sep. 11, 2016
By assuming all, the Viceroy had absolved even the Moslem League for its part in wrecking the conference.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her mockery irritated him, as did the speed with which she had absolved Major Madu of any responsibility for Major Udodi’s boorish behavior.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
To the coroner it looked as if all four of those before him had absolved themselves from participation in the crime.
From The Substitute Prisoner by Max Marcin
