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Noun
/ˌabsəˈlo͞oSHən/,
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absolutions, plural;
  1. Formal release from guilt, obligation, or punishment

  2. An ecclesiastical declaration of forgiveness of sins
    • - the priest administered absolution
  1. the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance
  2. (absolve) shrive: grant remission of a sin to; "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's"
  3. (absolve) let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
  4. (absolved) freed from any question of guilt; "is absolved from all blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice"; "his official honor is vindicated"
  5. Absolution is a traditional theological term for the forgiveness experienced in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. This concept is found in the Catholic Church, as well as the Eastern Orthodox churches, the Anglican Communion, and Lutheranism.
  6. Absolution is the third studio album by English alternative rock band Muse. It was released on 21 September 2003 in the UK and on March 23, 2004 in the U.S. by Taste Music Limited. ...
  7. Absolution is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
  8. Absolution is a 6-issue comic book limited series written and created by Christos Gage with art by Roberto Viacava that is published by Avatar Press, launched in July 2009.
  9. Absolution (1978) is a thriller that stars Richard Burton as a priest who teaches at a boys' school and finds one of his favorite students is playing a nasty practical joke on him. He sets out to investigate the prank and stumbles upon a dead man's body, leading to his life spiraling out of control.
  10. Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson, known internationally as Stompin' Olaf Olafsson (born September 26, 1962) is an Icelandic writer and businessman. He is currently the Executive Vice President of Time Warner.
  11. An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense; An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent; The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are ...
  12. (absolve) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.); To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, sin or guilt; To pronounce free or give absolution from sin; To finish; to accomplish; To resolve or explain
  13. (Absolve) forgive; free of guilt or blame
  14. (absolve) free from/of (blame/guilt), relieve (of requirement/obligation), pardon/remit (sin), aquit, discharge, release, exempt
  15. (absolve) to set free from an obligation or the consequence of guilt. "I know it doesn't absolve anyone of anything, but the Kabul we lived in in those days was a strange world" (301).
  16. (absolve) to state formally that somebody is not guilty or responsible for something ปลดเปลื้อง, อภัยโทษ
  17. (Absolved) set free or released
  18. A declaration by a bishop or priest, announcing forgiveness by God to those who have confessed their sins and repented.
  19. In Catholicism,  the act of releasing someone from their sin by God, through the means of a priest.
  20. The pronouncement of God's forgiveness, after the Confession of Sin, by a bishop or priest at the Eucharist, Daily Offices, or in the Reconciliation of a Penitent (BCP, 447ff.).
  21. the formal act of a priest or bishop pronouncing the forgiveness of sins by Christ to those who are qualified by penitence to receive it
  22. The prayer offered by a bishop or presbyter for the forgiveness of sins. Following His glorious Resurrection, Christ breathed on His Apostles and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit. ...
  23. In legal terms, it is the act of a judge or jury declaring a person innocent of a crime. In a religious sense, it involves a person being freed from guilt or sin. ...
  24. A declaration, traditionally reserved for ordained ministers, of the forgiveness - wiping away - of sins. It is an announcement of God's gift of forgiveness to the individual who acknowledges his or her short comings in his or her relationship with God and with one another.
  25. The declaration of the forgiveness of sins. In the Roman Catholic tradition it is an essential part of their sacrament of reconciliation (penance). "Absolution" is taught by Jesus the Messiah of Israel long before the R.C. ...