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Many were just eager to forget, absolve, or overlook serious accusations, simply because doing so would be hugely convenient.

Yet the essay does not absolve the Left from paranoid thinking.

On the one hand, he is trying to absolve Skyler of his sins.

Social media, Sharif emphasized, has been an indispensable tool for Saudi women “to absolve the gender apartheid.”

Will they absolve him of stealing papal documents and leaking them to the press, and let him go?

And yet, how is it possible to absolve her for her inexplicable behaviour to me?

"Your word was given to me, and I absolve you from it," she said.

I cannot yet absolve you from your promise since my own actions in Austria have been far from conventional.

Can you pretend an excuse now may absolve you, Or any thing like honest, to bring you off?

Decide to do one or the other quickly: to punish, or to absolve.

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On this page you'll find 86 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to absolve, such as: acquit, exempt, exonerate, forgive, pardon, and relieve.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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