MEANING
To free someone from blame, guilt, or an obligation.
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- absolve from blame
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The finding absolved her from blame.
He sought a ruling that would absolve him.
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Word forms
- Base
- absolve
- Past tense
- absolved
- Past participle
- absolved
- Present participle
- absolving
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- absolve
- Present continuous
- am/is/are absolving
- Present perfect
- have/has absolved
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been absolving
- Past
- absolved
- Past continuous
- was/were absolving
- Past perfect
- had absolved
- Past perfect continuous
- had been absolving
- Future
- will absolve
- Future continuous
- will be absolving
- Future perfect
- will have absolved
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been absolving
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: absolve; absolves; absolved; absolved; absolving Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: absolves.
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