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absolving
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Absolve \Ab*solve"\ (#; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Absolved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Absolving .] [L. absolvere to set free, to absolve; ab + solvere to loose. See Assoil , Solve .] To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from ...
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vb. (present participle of absolve English)
Usage examples of absolving.
Now it is evident that in Penance something is done so that something holy is signified both on the part of the penitent sinner, and on the part of the priest absolving, because the penitent sinner, by deed and word, shows his heart to have renounced sin, and in like manner the priest, by his deed and word with regard to the penitent, signifies the work of God Who forgives his sins.
Eucharist the priest perfects the sacrament by merely pronouncing the words over the matter, so the mere words which the priest while absolving pronounces over the penitent perfect the sacrament of absolution.
Not at all unhandsome, yet, now that she knew, she could see his indebtedness, the sure burden upon him, and the truth that, for him, for every child he might sire, there would be no absolving the stigma.
Yet on May 5, 1992, circuit judge David Burnett signed an order absolving Byers of all legal consequences arising from the assault and death threat on his ex-wife.