unabsolved
- a word derived from absolve.
Example Sentences
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I went to church as often as he did; but always let him draw near to the altar alone; for, unforgiven, unabsolved, unreconciled, I dared not approach it.
From Ellen Middleton—A Tale by Fullerton, Georgiana
This then is the sin unabsolved, the action of wrath, the memory of sorrow, that has slain the peace of my kinsman?
From Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico by Bird, Robert Montgomery
"Begone!" said the Abbot, in such a voice that she scrambled to her feet and went, unblessed and unabsolved.
From The Lady of Blossholme by Haggard, Henry Rider
Why this old three-storied structure, so firm despite its great age, had been inhabited all these years only by poor unabsolved souls, no one could tell.
From At the Ghost Hour The House of the Unbelieving Thomas by Heyse, Paul
There was some terrible past in the life of this man, expiated, perhaps, in the eyes of men, but which his conscience still held unabsolved.
From The Mysterious Island by White, Stephen W.
