absolution
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7.9
- noun
- /ˌæb.səˈluː.ʃən/
- Formal
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absolución
- During the confession, the priest offered me absolution for my wrongdoings.
- absolution from sin
- priestly absolution
- confession and absolution
And sadly, because most people give them absolution, let them off the hook.
- And sadly, because most people give them absolution, let them off the hook.
- To shrive means to forgive, to convey penance and absolution for sins.
- Or the lathe of the upper world as absolution.
- The what the high-ranking Nazi is wanting is absolution.
Examples
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The priest from their home village is moving through the Scottish ranks, dispensing absolution.
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If you're looking for absolution, you're asking the wrong man.
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Do you have any understanding what absolution is?
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Then I cannot give you absolution.
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And next thing I remember a priest giving me absolution.
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And I'll go to my confessor and ask for absolution.
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Count yourself lucky that absolution is very much part of this religion's dogma.
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When you do pick a church, choose one that'll hear your sins, at least, your version of them, and give you absolution.
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God's absolution requires a moral conscience and a yearning to be better.
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Discussion of absolution brought Hemmingsen to the third duty of the pastor, the exercise of church discipline.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
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2.2
An act of letting go of anger toward someone after they hurt you
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7.6
Forgiving a sin or debt, often declared by a priest
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9.4
A priest forgives a person's sins after they confess
A formal act that forgives a punishment or sin
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Etymology
Absolution comes from the Latin absolvere, built from ab- ('away') and solvere ('to loosen' or 'to free'). So absolution is like being 'set free' from guilt or sin, which is why it means formal forgiveness.