Absolve — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

grant remission of a sin to

let off the hook

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæneɪlɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/bɹˈɪtən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/bɹˈɪtən/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈæneɪlɚ/.

Examples

The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's
I absolve you from this responsibility

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

free justify shrive

Antonyms

blame

Parts of Speech

verb	grant remission of a sin to “The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's”
verb	let off the hook “I absolve you from this responsibility”

Word Forms

absolvitory	adjective	providing absolution
absolution	noun	the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance
absolver	noun	someone who grants absolution
justification	noun	a statement in explanation of some action or belief

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

entbinden

Vergebung einer Sünde gewähren

🇫🇷French

absoudre

accorder la rémission d'un péché à

🇪🇸Spanish

absolver

conceder la remisión de un pecado a

🇮🇹Italian

assolvere

concedere la remissione di un peccato a

🇳🇱Dutch

vrijspreken

vergeving van een zonde verlenen

🇵🇹Portuguese

absolver

conceder a remissão de um pecado a

🇷🇺Russian

освобождать

даровать отпущение грехов

India

🇮🇳Hindi

दोषमुक्त करना

किसी पाप की क्षमा प्रदान करना

🇧🇩Bengali

নিষ্কাশন

একটি পাপ ক্ষমা মঞ্জুর

🇮🇳Tamil

மன்னிக்க

ஒரு பாவத்தை மன்னிக்க வேண்டும்

🇮🇳Telugu

విమోచనం

పాప విముక్తిని మంజూరు చేయండి

🇮🇳Marathi

मुक्त करणे

पापाची क्षमा द्या

🇮🇳Gujarati

મુક્તિ

પાપની માફી આપો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮುಕ್ತಿಗೊಳಿಸು

ಪಾಪದ ಪರಿಹಾರವನ್ನು ನೀಡಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മോചിപ്പിക്കുക

ഒരു പാപമോചനം നൽകുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮੁਕਤ ਕਰਨਾ

ਨੂੰ ਇੱਕ ਪਾਪ ਦੀ ਮੁਆਫੀ ਦਿਓ

🇵🇰Urdu

معاف کرنا

ایک گناہ کی معافی عطا کریں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

开脱

赦免罪孽

🇯🇵Japanese

許す

～に罪の赦しを与える

🇰🇷Korean

용서하다

죄 사함을 주다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

xá tội

ban sự tha thứ tội lỗi cho

🇹🇭Thai

ให้อภัย

ทรงโปรดยกบาปให้

🇮🇩Indonesian

membebaskan

memberikan pengampunan dosa kepada

🇵🇭Filipino

pawalang-sala

bigyan ng kapatawaran ng kasalanan sa

🇲🇾Malay

membebaskan

memberi pengampunan dosa kepada

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تبرئة

منح مغفرة الذنب ل

🇮🇷Persian

تبرئه کردن

بخشش گناه به

🇹🇷Turkish

bağışlamak

bir günahın bağışlanmasını sağlamak

🇮🇱Hebrew

לִפְטוֹר

להעניק מחילה על חטא

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