What are some opposite words for absolve?

Antonyms for absolve
æbˈzɒlv, -ˈsɒlvab·solve

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Wiktionary1.7 / 3 votes

  1. absolveverb

    To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).

    You will absolve a subject from his allegiance.

    Synonyms:
    free, excuse, release, exempt

  2. absolveverb

    To pronounce free or give absolution from sin.

    Synonyms:
    acquit, exonerate, pardon, remit, vindicate, exculpate

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. absolve

    To absolve, in the strict sense, is to set free from any bond. One may be absolved from a promise by a breach of faith on the part of one to whom the promise was made. To absolve from sins is formally to remit their condemnation and penalty, regarded as a bond upon the soul. "Almighty God ... pardoneth and absolveth all those who truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel." Book of Common Prayer, Declar. of Absol. To acquit of sin or crime is to free from the accusation of it, pronouncing one guiltless; the innocent are rightfully acquitted; the guilty may be mercifully absolved. Compare PARDON.

    Antonyms:
    accuse, bind, charge, compel, condemn, convict, impeach, inculpate, obligate, oblige

    Synonyms:
    acquit, clear, discharge, exculpate, exempt, exonerate, forgive, free, liberate, pardon, pardon, release, set free

    Preposition:
    One is absolved from (rarely of) a promise, a sin, etc.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 2 votes

  1. absolve

    Antonyms:
    charge, accuse, compel, bind, obligate, convict, condemn, inculpate, impeach, oblige

    Synonyms:
    acquit, release, exonerate, liberate, exempt, discharge, exculpate, pardon, forgive, free, clear

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. shrive, absolveverb

    grant remission of a sin to

    "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's"

    Antonyms:
    fault, blame

    Synonyms:
    shrive, justify, free

  2. absolve, justify, freeverb

    let off the hook

    "I absolve you from this responsibility"

    Antonyms:
    fault, blame

    Synonyms:
    justify, unloose, relieve, apologise, unloosen, unblock, unfreeze, liberate, rationalize, excuse, vindicate, warrant, discharge, release, give up, apologize, rationalise, loose, disembarrass, resign, dislodge, shrive, relinquish, disengage, rid, exempt, free

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. absolveverb

    Synonyms:
    release, remit, pardon, exonerate, acquit, exculpate

How to use absolve in a sentence?

  1. Mike Pompeo:

    This was an Iranian attack, it's not the case that you can subcontract out the devastation of five percent of the world's global energy supply and think that you can absolve yourself of responsibilities.

  2. Emil Ruder:

    Typography has one plain duty before it and that is to convey information in writing. No argument or consideration can absolve typography from this duty.

  3. Tom Jones:

    The fact that Dave Chipman has resolved complaints of discrimination in some kind of settlement in a closed-door room doesn't absolve him of behaving inappropriately, it means the accuser didn’t want to spend months, if not years, literally and figuratively litigating this issue.

  4. Darin Hoover:

    It’s great, we have another terrorist off the face of this earth. I’m good with that, but it doesn’t absolve the administration or the State Department or the Pentagon from taking responsibility or accountability for what happened. They haven’t stepped up and said we messed this up and it won’t happen again.

  5. District Attorney Darcel Clark:

    These convictions... close a chapter in Rikers Island’s sad, brutal history, they send a clear message that a uniform and a badge do not absolve anyone from committing a crime, and that even an inmate deserves to be treated like a human being.

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