Synonyms for absolution
ˌæb səˈlu ʃənab·so·lu·tion

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1. absolutionnoun

   Acquittal is a release from a charge, after trial, as not guilty. Pardon is a removal of penalty from one who has been adjudged guilty. Acquittal is by the decision of a court, commonly of a jury; pardon is the act of the executive. An innocent man may demand acquittal, and need not plead for pardon. Pardon supposes an offense; yet, as our laws stand, to grant a pardon is sometimes the only way to release one who has been wrongly convicted. Oblivion, from the Latin, signifies overlooking and virtually forgetting an offense, so that the offender stands before the law in all respects as if it had never been committed. Amnesty brings the same idea through the Greek. Pardon affects individuals; amnesty and oblivion are said of great numbers. Pardon is oftenest applied to the ordinary administration of law; amnesty, to national and military affairs. An amnesty is issued after war, insurrection, or rebellion; it is often granted by "an act of oblivion," and includes a full pardon of all offenders who come within its provisions. Absolution is a religious word (compare synonyms for ABSOLVE). Remission is a discharge from penalty; as, the remission of a fine.

   Synonyms:
   acquittal, amnesty, forbearance, forgiveness, mercy, oblivion, pardon, pardon, remission

   Antonyms:
   penalty, punishment, retaliation, retribution, vengeance

   Preposition:
   A pardon to or for the offenders; for all offenses; the pardon of offenders or offenses.

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1. absolutionnoun

   the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance

   Synonyms:
   remittal, remission, remission of sin

2. absolution, remission, remittal, remission of sinnoun

   the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance

   Synonyms:
   remittance, remission, subsidence, remitment, remission of sin, remit, remittal

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1. absolutionnoun

   Synonyms:
   acquittal, remission, discharge, release, liberation, deliverance, clearance, forgiveness, pardon, INDULGENCE, JUSTIFICATION

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1. absolutionnoun

   Synonyms:
   forgiveness, remission, discharge, pardon

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1. List of paraphrases for "absolution":

   acquittal, discharge

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How to use absolution in a sentence?

1. Oscar Wilde:

   It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.

2. Frank Sinatra:

   When lip service to some mysterious deity permits bestiality on Wednesday and absolution on Sunday, cash me out.

3. William Butler Yeats, Autobiography:

   Our own acts are isolated and one act does not buy absolution for another.

4. G.K. Chesterton:

   Psychoanalysis is confession without absolution.

5. Oscar Wilde:

   There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.