as in pardoning
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as in absolution
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as in acquitting
to free from a charge of wrongdoing
no amount of remorse will absolve shoplifters who are caught, and all cases will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
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Noun
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The road to Trump begins, in some moral sense, with the absolution of Nixon.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2025 -
The clergy could expect the fulfillment of prophecy, and the poor and the oppressed could look forward to absolution and better living quarters.—
Arthur Krystal,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Buddhism, the country’s dominant religion, offers rituals for healing, reincarnation and forgiveness.—
Sophal Ear,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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As to the economy, Noboa has leaned heavily into economic proposals like cash payments and debt forgiveness for farmers affected by natural disasters.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In this new dispensation where might makes right, any appeal to moral considerations in the practice of American foreign policy is ridiculed as a deficiency of the weak while the amoral exercise of power is venerated as a virtue of the strong.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
26 Mar. 2025
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Maybe the Giants can get a special dispensation and follow the Packers’ lead by splitting off their 10% on the market to various individual stockholders.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The prosecution has an ethical obligation and duty to turn over everything that can be exculpatory, Marris said.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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Whenever potentially exculpatory information arose, it was often ignored.—
Gary Baum,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Absolving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/absolving. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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