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Noun:
- An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
- Civil Law|obsolete An declaring an accused person innocent.
- Roman Catholic Church The exercise of sins of the truly penitent are forgiven.
- ecclesiastical An absolving from ecclesiastical penalties, -- for example, excommunication.
- obsolete Delivery, in speech. - Ben Jonson
- The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
Source: Wiktionary
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