Definitions of absolve

1. To finish; to accomplish.

2. To resolve or explain.

3. To release or set free; clear of crime or guilt; to forgive.

4. To loose or set free: to pardon: to acquit; also, to finish: accomplish. ( Obs.).

5. To pardon; remit a penalty.

6. To set free; for give; pardon; acquit.

7. To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit ( a sin); - said of the sin or guilt.

8. To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment.

9. To set free from some engagement or obligation; to acquit.