absolve
verb (used with object)
to free from guilt or blame or their consequences.
was absolving
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past progressiveof absolve.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The scene was deleted from the German-language edition, according to Kubota, because Mr. Hilsenrath did not want it to seem as though he was absolving the German people of guilt.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2019
If I was absolving my conscience of something it was to suggest that not everything is perfect and fashion isn’t just about clothes and beautiful people.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2011
And while he was absolving himself of any intention to make war on her he was wondering if her mother, long ago, had been anything like Miss Betty Gower.
From Poor Man's Rock by Frank Tenney Johnson
