Absolution Synonyms

ăb'sə-lo͝o'shən

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Synonyms for Absolution

pardon
(Law) An order that releases a convicted criminal without further punishment, prevents future punishment, or (in some jurisdictions) removes an offence from a person's criminal record, as if it had never been committed.
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remission
Remission is forgiveness or the decrease in symptoms of a disease.
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amnesty
Amnesty International, a UK-based charity.
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cleansing
The process of removing dirt, toxins etc.
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forgiveness
A forgiving or being forgiven; pardon
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discharge
An official document certifying such release, especially from military service.
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exculpation
The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.
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condonation
The forgiveness, purposeful disregard, or tacit approval by a victim of another’s illegal or objectionable act, especially by treating the other person as if nothing happened.
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excuse
An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment.
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release
The definition of a release is a letting go, setting free or relief.
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remittal
Anything remitted; remittance
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remission-of-sin
the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
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destigmatizing
Present participle of destigmatize.
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destigmatization
The process or act of destigmatizing
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disculpation
Exculpation
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Absolution Sentence Examples

  • Penance accompanied by the judicial absolution of the priest makes a true sacrament.

  • Confession and absolution, strictly enforced, give great power to the priesthood.

  • Savonarola reluctantly came, and offered absolution upon three conditions.

  • However bad his natural disposition, the magical words of absolution would make him a new man.

  • On the 6th of July 1909 he was suddenly taken ill, on the 10th he received conditional absolution from a priest of the diocese of Southwark, and on the 12th extreme unction from the prior of Storrington.

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