Absolved Synonyms and Antonyms

Let off the hook
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. acquitted
  2. exculpated
  3. exonerated
  4. excused
  5. pardoned
  6. exempted
  7. released
  8. vindicated
  9. freed
  10. remitted
  11. cleared
  12. shriven
  13. overlooked
  14. liberated
  15. purged
  16. discharged
  17. justified
Antonyms:
  1. blamed
Grant remission of a sin to
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. shrove
  2. shriven
Freed from any question of guilt
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. clear
  2. cleared
  3. exculpated
  4. exonerated
  5. vindicated

Absolved Sentence Examples

  • He was absolved of any blame in the matter.

  • She confessed to him, and he absolved her from her sins.

  • Leo sent a new nuncio to Copenhagen (1521) in the person of the Minorite Francesco de Potentia, who readily absolved the king and received the rich bishopric of Skara.

  • This was a violation of the letter as well as of the spirit of the September convention, and a stronger and more straightforward statesman than Rattazzi would have declared Italy absolved from its provisions.

  • This was settled in May 1213, and in the new prelate, the papal nominee, Stephen Langton, who landed in England and absolved the king in the following July, the baronial party found an able and powerful ally.

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