absolved

  • 1absolved — I adjective acquitted, adjudged blameless, clear, cleared, discharged, exculpated, excused, exempt, exonerated, forgiven, found not guilty, free, immune, innocent, let off, liberated, pardoned, proven innocent, reprieved, set free, vindicated II… …

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  • 2Absolved — 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}.] 1. To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or… …

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  • 3absolved — un·absolved; …

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  • 4absolved — adjective freed from any question of guilt is absolved from all blame was now clear of the charge of cowardice his official honor is vindicated • Syn: ↑clear, ↑cleared, ↑exculpated, ↑exonerated, ↑vindicated …

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  • 5absolved — ab·solve || É™b zÉ’lv v. acquit; release, set free; forgive, pardon …

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  • 6Excommunication — • Exclusion from the communion, the principal and severest censure, is a medicinal, spiritual penalty that deprives the guilty Christian of all participation in the common blessings of ecclesiastical society Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …

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  • 7The Sacrament of Penance —     The Sacrament of Penance     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Sacrament of Penance     Penance is a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest s absolution to… …

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  • 8Ecclesiastical Censures —     Ecclesiastical Censures     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Censures     Medicinal and spiritual punishments imposed by the Church on a baptized, delinquent, and contumacious person, by which he is deprived, either wholly of in part …

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  • 9Absolve — 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}.] 1. To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility,… …

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  • 10Absolving — 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}.] 1. To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or… …

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