absolve > define

verb

• Grant remission of a sin to.
  • usage: "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's"
  • synonyms: shrive
• Let off the hook.
  • usage: "I absolve you from this responsibility"
  • synonyms: justify, free

• (v.t.) To set free or release, as from some obligation, debt or responsibility or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment.
• (v.t.) To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.
• (v.t.) To finish; to accomplish.
• (v.t.) To resolve or explain.