Absolve
Absolve (#; 277) , transitive verb
[Latin absolvere to set free, to absolve; ab + solvere to loose. See Assoil, Solve.]
1.
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.
Halifax was absolved by a majority of fourteen.
2.
To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.
In his name I absolve your perjury.
3.
To finish; to accomplish. [Obsolete]
The work begun, how soon absolved.
4.
To resolve or explain. [Obsolete]
We shall not absolve the doubt.