English to English
verb
- grant remission of a sin to
The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's.
source: WordNet 3.0
- let off the hook
I absolve you from this responsibility.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [absólv] Kumalag; magpatawad
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
