absolve
verb (used with object)
to free from guilt or blame or their consequences.
has absolved
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present perfectof absolve (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Scientific research has absolved vaccines as a cause.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
With the invention of the four “quadrants,” the committee has absolved itself completely of any responsibility to, you know, watch basketball.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2023
Ms Sturgeon has absolved the SQA of any blame, making it very clear that the buck stops with ministers.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2020
On the eve of publication, what Ms. Brennan-Jobs wants readers to know is this: Steve Jobs rejected his daughter for years, but that daughter has absolved him.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2018
"Who is the slave of prejudices that would venture to dishonour men whom the law has absolved; who would not repress his personal grief in the interest and the triumph of liberty?"
From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by H. T. Ryde
