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Verb [English]

IPA: /əbˈzɒlv/ [UK], /æbˈzɑlv/ [US], /æbˈsɑlv/ [US], /əbˈzɑlv/ [US], /əbˈsɑlv/ [US] Audio: en-us-absolve.ogg Forms: absolves [present, singular, third-person], absolving [participle, present], absolved [participle, past], absolved [past]
Rhymes: -ɒlv Etymology: First attested in the early 15th century. From Middle English absolven, from Latin absolvere, present active infinitive of absolvō (“set free, acquit”), from ab (“away from”) + solvō (“loosen, free, release”). Doublet of assoil. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|absolven}} Middle English absolven, {{der|en|la|absolvere}} Latin absolvere, {{doublet|en|assoil}} Doublet of assoil Head templates: {{en-verb}} absolve (third-person singular simple present absolves, present participle absolving, simple past and past participle absolved)
  1. (transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). Tags: transitive Synonyms (set free): excuse, exempt, free, release Translations (to set free): освобождавам (osvoboždavam) (Bulgarian), absoldre (Catalan), vergeven (Dutch), kwijtschelden (Dutch), ontheffen (Dutch), ontslaan van een verplichting (Dutch), vapauttaa (Finnish), absoudre (French), entbinden (German), befreien (German), entlassen (German), απαλλάσω (apalláso) (Greek), assolvere (Italian), 解放する (kaihō suru) (alt: かいほうする) (Japanese), libero (Latin), frikjenne (Norwegian), معاف کردن (Persian), eximir (Portuguese), exonerar (Portuguese), odvezati (Slovene), razrešiti (Slovene), absolver (Spanish), exculpar (Spanish), frikalla (Swedish), frita (Swedish), fritaga (Swedish), lösa (Swedish), azat etmek (Turkish), özgür kılmak (Turkish)
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  2. (transitive, obsolete) To resolve; to explain; to solve. Tags: obsolete, transitive Translations (obsolete: to resolve or explain): uitleggen (Dutch), ratkaista (Finnish), selittää (Finnish), forklare (Norwegian Bokmål), beslutte (Norwegian Bokmål), resolver (Portuguese), solucionar (Portuguese), ch'uyanchay (Quechua)
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  3. (transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt. Tags: transitive Synonyms (pronounce free or give absolution): acquit, exculpate, exonerate, pardon, remit, vindicate Synonyms (theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin): remit Translations (theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin): опрощавам (oproštavam) (Bulgarian), vergeven (Dutch), absolveren (Dutch), senpekigi (Esperanto), pekliberigi (Esperanto), armahtaa (Finnish), antaa synninpäästö (Finnish), absoudre (French), freisprechen (German), lossprechen (German), absolvieren (German), feloldoz (Hungarian), assolvere (Italian), absolvo (Latin), tilgi (Norwegian), absolvere (Norwegian Bokmål), آمرزیدن (Persian), rozgrzeszać [imperfective] (Polish), rozgrzeszyć [perfective] (Polish), absolwować [imperfective] (Polish), absolver (Portuguese), redimir (Portuguese), проща́ть (proščátʹ) (Russian), отпуска́ть (otpuskátʹ) (Russian), odvezati (Slovene), dati odvezo (Slovene), absolver (Spanish), exonerar (Spanish), ge absolution åt (Swedish), avlösa (Swedish), bağışlamak (Turkish), yarlıgamak (Turkish) Translations (to pronounce free or give absolution): оправдавам (opravdavam) (Bulgarian), vrijspreken (Dutch), vergeven (Dutch), armahtaa (Finnish), vapauttaa syytöksistä (Finnish), absoudre (French), freisprechen (German), συγχωρώ (synchoró) (Greek), feloldoz (Hungarian), assolvere (Italian), absolvō (Latin), condono (Latin), whakaharakore (Maori), absolvere (Norwegian Bokmål), frikjenne (Norwegian Bokmål), عفو کردن (Persian), absolver (Portuguese), oprostiti (Slovene), pomilostiti (Slovene), absolver (Spanish), frikänna (Swedish), bağışlamak (Turkish), yarlıgamak (Turkish), aklamak (Turkish)
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  4. (transitive, law) To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Law Translations (law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for): بَرَّأَ (barraʔa) (Arabic), niet-schuldig verklaren (Dutch), kwijtschelden (english: (van)) (Dutch), malkondamni (Esperanto), vapauttaa (Finnish), todeta syyttömäksi (Finnish), armahtaa (Finnish), freisprechen (German), für unschuldig erklären (German), felment (Hungarian), condono (Latin), whakaharakore (Maori), frikjenne (Norwegian Bokmål), oprostiti (Slovene), pomilostiti (Slovene), aklamak (Turkish), bağışlamak (Turkish)
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  5. (transitive, theology) To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Theology
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  6. (transitive, theology) To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Theology Translations (theology: to remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin): antaa anteeksi (Finnish), absolvere (Norwegian Bokmål), odvezati (Slovene), dati odvezo (Slovene), bağışlamak (Turkish), yarlıgamak (Turkish)
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  7. (transitive, obsolete) To finish; to accomplish. Tags: obsolete, transitive Translations (obsolete: to finish, accomplish): beëindigen (Dutch), afwerken (Dutch), suorittaa (Finnish), vollbringen (German), erreichen (German), assolvere (Italian), absolvō (Latin), fullføre (Norwegian Bokmål), terminar (Portuguese), acabar (Portuguese), erdirmek (Turkish)
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  8. (transitive) To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically. Tags: transitive Translations (to pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically): slagen (bij) (Dutch), suorittaa (Finnish), bestehen (German), sich qualifizieren (German), absolvere (Norwegian Bokmål), vermek (Turkish), geçmek (Turkish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: absolvable, absolvement, absolver, reabsolve, unabsolve Related terms: absolutionary, absolutive, absolutory, absolvatory

Verb [Galician]

Head templates: {{head|gl|verb form}} absolve
  1. inflection of absolver:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: absolver
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  2. inflection of absolver:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: absolver
    Sense id: en-absolve-gl-verb-uAmmZOis

Verb [Latin]

Head templates: {{head|la|verb form}} absolve
  1. second-person singular present active imperative of absolvō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, present, second-person, singular Form of: absolvō
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Verb [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} absolve
  1. inflection of absolver:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: absolver
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  2. inflection of absolver:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: absolver
    Sense id: en-absolve-pt-verb-uAmmZOis

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
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          "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
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          "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
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          "_dis1": "0 2 6 81 7 1 1 1",
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          "sense": "law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for",
          "word": "für unschuldig erklären"
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          "_dis1": "0 2 6 81 7 1 1 1",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for",
          "word": "felment"
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          "sense": "law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for",
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          "sense": "law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for",
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          "sense": "law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for",
          "word": "frikjenne"
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          "_dis1": "0 2 6 81 7 1 1 1",
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          "word": "aklamak"
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          "_dis1": "0 2 6 81 7 1 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for",
          "word": "bağışlamak"
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        "(transitive, theology) To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to."
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          "ref": "1788, Edward Gibbon, chapter LXVII, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume VI, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC, page 447:",
          "text": "In his name I abſolve your perjury and ſanctify your arms: follow my footſteps in the paths of glory and ſalvation; and if ſtill ye have ſcruples, devolve on my head the puniſhment and the ſin.",
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        "(transitive, theology) To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin."
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          "_dis1": "2 1 9 2 16 68 1 0",
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          "sense": "theology: to remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "assoil"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of assoil",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "First attested in the early 15th century. From Middle English absolven, from Latin absolvere, present active infinitive of absolvō (“set free, acquit”), from ab (“away from”) + solvō (“loosen, free, release”). Doublet of assoil.",
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    {
      "form": "absolves",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "absolving",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "absolved",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "absolved",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "absolutionary"
    },
    {
      "word": "absolutive"
    },
    {
      "word": "absolutory"
    },
    {
      "word": "absolvatory"
    }
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You will absolve a subject from his allegiance.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance”, in Essays: First Series:",
          "text": "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1851, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XIV, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume III, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, page 410:",
          "text": "The Committee divided, and Halifax was absolved by a majority of fourteen.",
          "type": "quote"
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      "glosses": [
        "To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.)."
      ],
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          "set free"
        ],
        [
          "release",
          "release"
        ],
        [
          "discharge",
          "discharge"
        ],
        [
          "obligation",
          "obligation"
        ],
        [
          "debt",
          "debt"
        ],
        [
          "responsibility",
          "responsibility"
        ],
        [
          "The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles",
          "w:Shorter Oxford English Dictionary"
        ],
        [
          "Oxford University Press",
          "w:Oxford University Press"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 331-332,\n[…] he that can monsters tame, laboures atchive, riddles absolve […]"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1650, Thomas Browne, “Of the blackneſſe of Negroes”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC, 6th book, page 276:",
          "text": "we ſhall not abſolve the doubt.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To resolve; to explain; to solve."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "resolve",
          "resolve"
        ],
        [
          "explain",
          "explain"
        ],
        [
          "solve",
          "solve"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To resolve; to explain; to solve."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pronounce",
          "pronounce"
        ],
        [
          "free",
          "free"
        ],
        [
          "absolution",
          "absolution"
        ],
        [
          "penalty",
          "penalty"
        ],
        [
          "blame",
          "blame"
        ],
        [
          "guilt",
          "guilt"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1725, Homer, “Book XI”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume III, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC, page 121, line 702:",
          "text": "Abſolves the juſt, and dooms the guilty ſouls.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "pardon",
          "pardon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, law) To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Theology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1597, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, act 3, scene 5:",
          "text": "To make confession and to be absolved.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "theology",
          "theology"
        ],
        [
          "absolution",
          "absolution"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, theology) To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion",
        "theology"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Theology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1788, Edward Gibbon, chapter LXVII, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume VI, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC, page 447:",
          "text": "In his name I abſolve your perjury and ſanctify your arms: follow my footſteps in the paths of glory and ſalvation; and if ſtill ye have ſcruples, devolve on my head the puniſhment and the ſin.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "theology",
          "theology"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, theology) To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion",
        "theology"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 93–94:",
          "text": "and the work begun, how ſoon / Abſolv'd,",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To finish; to accomplish."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "finish",
          "finish"
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        [
          "accomplish",
          "accomplish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To finish; to accomplish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/əbˈzɒlv/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/æbˈzɑlv/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/æbˈsɑlv/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əbˈzɑlv/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əbˈsɑlv/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "set free",
      "word": "excuse"
    },
    {
      "sense": "set free",
      "word": "exempt"
    },
    {
      "sense": "set free",
      "word": "free"
    },
    {
      "sense": "set free",
      "word": "release"
    },
    {
      "sense": "pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "acquit"
    },
    {
      "sense": "pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "exculpate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "exonerate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "pardon"
    },
    {
      "sense": "pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "remit"
    },
    {
      "sense": "pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "vindicate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "remit"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "osvoboždavam",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "освобождавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "absoldre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "vergeven"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "kwijtschelden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "ontheffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "ontslaan van een verplichting"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "vapauttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "absoudre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "entbinden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "befreien"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "entlassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apalláso",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "απαλλάσω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "assolvere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かいほうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaihō suru",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "解放する"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "libero"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "frikjenne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "معاف کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "eximir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "exonerar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "odvezati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "razrešiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "absolver"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "exculpar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "frikalla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "frita"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "fritaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "lösa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "azat etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to set free",
      "word": "özgür kılmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "obsolete: to resolve or explain",
      "word": "uitleggen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "obsolete: to resolve or explain",
      "word": "ratkaista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "obsolete: to resolve or explain",
      "word": "selittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "obsolete: to resolve or explain",
      "word": "forklare"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "obsolete: to resolve or explain",
      "word": "beslutte"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "obsolete: to resolve or explain",
      "word": "resolver"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "obsolete: to resolve or explain",
      "word": "solucionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "obsolete: to resolve or explain",
      "word": "ch'uyanchay"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "opravdavam",
      "sense": "to pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "оправдавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "vrijspreken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "vergeven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "armahtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "vapauttaa syytöksistä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "absoudre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "freisprechen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "synchoró",
      "sense": "to pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "συγχωρώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "feloldoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "assolvere"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "absolvō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "condono"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "whakaharakore"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "absolvere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "frikjenne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "عفو کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "absolver"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "oprostiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "pomilostiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "absolver"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "frikänna"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "bağışlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "yarlıgamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to pronounce free or give absolution",
      "word": "aklamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "barraʔa",
      "sense": "law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for",
      "word": "بَرَّأَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for",
      "word": "niet-schuldig verklaren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "english": "(van)",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for",
      "word": "kwijtschelden"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for",
      "word": "malkondamni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for",
      "word": "vapauttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for",
      "word": "todeta syyttömäksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for",
      "word": "armahtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for",
      "word": "freisprechen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for",
      "word": "für unschuldig erklären"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for",
      "word": "felment"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for",
      "word": "condono"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for",
      "word": "whakaharakore"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for",
      "word": "frikjenne"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for",
      "word": "oprostiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for",
      "word": "pomilostiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for",
      "word": "aklamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for",
      "word": "bağışlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oproštavam",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "опрощавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "vergeven"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "absolveren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "senpekigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "pekliberigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "armahtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "antaa synninpäästö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "absoudre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "freisprechen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "lossprechen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "absolvieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "feloldoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "assolvere"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "absolvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "tilgi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "absolvere"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "آمرزیدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozgrzeszać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozgrzeszyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "absolwować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "absolver"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "redimir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proščátʹ",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "проща́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otpuskátʹ",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "отпуска́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "odvezati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "dati odvezo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "absolver"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "exonerar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "ge absolution åt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "avlösa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "bağışlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin",
      "word": "yarlıgamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "theology: to remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin",
      "word": "antaa anteeksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "theology: to remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin",
      "word": "absolvere"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "theology: to remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin",
      "word": "odvezati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "theology: to remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin",
      "word": "dati odvezo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "theology: to remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin",
      "word": "bağışlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "theology: to remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin",
      "word": "yarlıgamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "obsolete: to finish, accomplish",
      "word": "beëindigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "obsolete: to finish, accomplish",
      "word": "afwerken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "obsolete: to finish, accomplish",
      "word": "suorittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "obsolete: to finish, accomplish",
      "word": "vollbringen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "obsolete: to finish, accomplish",
      "word": "erreichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "obsolete: to finish, accomplish",
      "word": "assolvere"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "obsolete: to finish, accomplish",
      "word": "absolvō"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "obsolete: to finish, accomplish",
      "word": "fullføre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "obsolete: to finish, accomplish",
      "word": "terminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "obsolete: to finish, accomplish",
      "word": "acabar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "obsolete: to finish, accomplish",
      "word": "erdirmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically",
      "word": "slagen (bij)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically",
      "word": "suorittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically",
      "word": "bestehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically",
      "word": "sich qualifizieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically",
      "word": "absolvere"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically",
      "word": "vermek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically",
      "word": "geçmek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "absolve"
}

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}

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