absolved

From the verb absolve: (⇒ conjugate)

absolved is: ⓘ

v past

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ab•solve /æbˈzɑlv, -ˈsɑlv/   v. [~ + object + of/from + object* often: be ~ed of/from] , -solved, -solv•ing. 

1. to free from guilt or blame:
   The accused captain was absolved of any wrongdoing.
2. to release from a duty, obligation, or responsibility:
   to be absolved from one's oath.
3. Religion
   • to grant remission of sins to.

See -solv-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ab•solve  (ab zolv′, -solv′), v.t., -solved, -solv•ing. 

1. to free from guilt or blame or their consequences:
   The court absolved her of guilt in his death.
2. to set free or release, as from some duty, obligation, or responsibility (usually fol. by from):
   to be absolved from one's oath.
3. to grant pardon for.
4. [Eccles.]
   • to grant or pronounce remission of sins to.
   • to remit (a sin) by absolution.
   • to declare (censure, as excommunication) removed.

• Latin absolvere, equivalent. to ab- ab- + solvere to loosen; see solve
• 1525–35

ab•solv′a•ble, adj. 
ab•sol′vent, adj., n. 
ab•solv′er, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. exculpate, clear.
  Absolve, acquit, exonerate all mean to free from blame.
  Absolve is a general word for this idea. To acquit is to release from a specific and usually formal accusation:
  The court must acquit the accused if there is not enough evidence of guilt.
  To exonerate is to consider a person clear of blame or consequences for an act (even when the act is admitted), or to justify the person for having done it:
  to be exonerated for a crime committed in self-defense.
• 2. liberate, exempt.
• 3. excuse, forgive.

Antonyms

• 1. blame.

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absolve / əbˈzɒlv/ verb (transitive)

1. (usually followed by from) to release from blame, sin, punishment, obligation, or responsibility
2. to pronounce not guilty; acquit; pardon

Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin absolvere to free from, from ab-¹ + solvere to make loose