absolve
verb (used with object)
to free from guilt or blame or their consequences.
have absolved
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present perfectof absolve.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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"We Italians have a false, distorted idea of Mussolini. We have absolved ourselves of any guilt over fascism. We have told ourselves a fictional story of what happened," he told Reuters.
From Reuters ● Oct. 26, 2022
The play references Tommie Smith and John Carlos; a simple Google search of those names would have absolved that inquiry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2020
Likewise he seems never to have absolved his mother for not wanting another child — which is to say, him — after the devastating death of her toddler Edmund three years before O’Neill was born.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2016
In the end, he said, John Paul would probably have absolved the cardinal for what some consider a moral transgression.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2014
“If there should be any miscarriage in the bestowal of the honour at least Pitherby will have absolved himself from any charge of contributory negligence.”
From When William Came by Saki
