| word | absolution |
|---|---|
| definition | The act of forgiving someone for their sins. |
| eg_sentence | Every week she would kneel to confess her little sins and receive absolution from the priest. |
| explanation | Since the Latin absolutus meant “set free,” it's easy to see how absolution came to mean “set free from sin.” (And also easy to see why absolute means basically “pure”—that is, originally, “free of sin.”) The verb for absolution is absolve. Just as a priest absolves believers of their sins, you may absolve your brother of blame for a household disaster, or you yourself may in time be absolved for that scrape on the car backing out of a parking space. |
| IPA | ˌæbsəˈluʃən |
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