absolve[əb'zɔlv; -'sɔlv]

• vt.
  • 【法律】宣告…无罪，赦免(或宽恕)…的罪行；使免受惩罚，免罪(from， of)：

    None of us can be absolved wholly of wrong doing.

    我们当中没有一个人的罪行能完全获得赦免。

    The court absolved him of guilt in her death.

    法庭赦免了他在她的死亡中所犯的罪。

    to absolve a person from blame

    对某人免于责备

  • 解除(或免除)…的责任(或义务等)；使不受(诺言等)约束(from， of):

    He was absolved from his promise.

    他不必履行诺言了。

    to be absolved from one's oath

    不受誓言约束

  • 【宗教】
    • 给予…宗教的赦免
    • (通过行圣礼)赦(罪)；赦免(罪恶)，赦…之罪，宣告…无罪
• 近义词:

  acquit.exonerate.pardon.forgive.vindicate

• 反义词:

  blame

• 变形:

  vt.absolved.absolving