absolve

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /əbˈzɒlv/    美 /æbˈzɑlv/|/-ˈsɑlv/|/əbˈ-/|/-ˈsɔlv/|/-ˈzɔlv/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). transitive
    — You will absolve a subject from his allegiance.
  2. To resolve; to explain; to solve. obsolete,transitive
    — 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 331-332, […] he that can monsters tame, laboures atchive, riddles absolve […]
  3. To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt. transitive
    — A Heretic may see the truth and seek redemption. He may be forgiven his past and will be absolved in death. A Traitor can never be forgiven. A Traitor will never find peace in this world or the next. There is nothing as wretched or as hated in all the world as a Traitor.
  4. To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for. transitive
    — Abſolves the juſt, and dooms the guilty ſouls.
  5. To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to. transitive
    — To make confession and to be absolved.
  6. To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin. transitive
    — In his name I abſolve your perjury and ſanctify your arms: follow my footſteps in the paths of glory and ſalvation; and if ſtill ye have ſcruples, devolve on my head the puniſhment and the ſin.
  7. To finish; to accomplish. obsolete,transitive
    — and the work begun, how ſoon / Abſolv'd,
  8. To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically. transitive

词形变化

absolves present,singular,third-person absolving participle,present absolved participle,past absolved past

词汇关系

衍生词
absolvable absolvement absolver reabsolve unabsolve
相关词
absolutionary absolutive absolutory absolvatory

词源

First attested in the early 15th century. From Middle English absolven, from Latin absolvere (“set free, acquit”), from ab (“away from”) + solvō (“loosen, free, release”). Doublet of assoil.
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