How to Use absolve in a Sentence

absolve

verb

• This doesn’t absolve him of the legal jeopardy mentioned above.
  — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2018
• But the point is to absolve their principles by separating them from the man who implements them.
  — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 12 Feb. 2018
• The officials said both groups had absolved the Kurdish authorities of blame.
  — Rod Nordland, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2018
• Bankruptcy does not completely absolve people of paying toward their debts.
  — Amy Dickinson, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2018
• Missing from the lineup: any researcher to talk about the wealth of evidence absolving video games from violent behavior.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2018
• Passing the blame, though, does not absolve Texans from doing more to ensure young people receive an education that meets the needs of the state.
  — Chris Tomlinson, Houston Chronicle, 28 Dec. 2017
• The director therefore declined to absolve the president publicly, which eventually cost him his job.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 15 Feb. 2018
• The industrialists who set up shop here are exempt from income tax for their first five years of business and absolved from duties or taxes on the import of capital goods and construction supplies.
  — Bill Donahue, Bloomberg.com, 2 Mar. 2018
• That would absolve carmakers from making implicit ethical choices in their software while leaving room for innovation in other areas.
  — The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
• The hurt that led them to commit the felony does not excuse or absolve the crime.
  — Roy S. Johnson | [e-mail], al.com, 30 June 2019
• Gwyn has been absolved from taking the blame for the five swings and misses.
  — Randy Sachs, star-telegram, 24 May 2018
• That is not to absolve leaders from the many mistakes that were made.
  — Carter Malkasian, Time, 19 Sep. 2021
• But again, to be clear, this doesn’t absolve Smith’s acts in any manner.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 10 Apr. 2022
• The bidders can’t be completely absolved from the drop in the Scout24 share price that laid the ground for their return.
  — Chris Hughes | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 1 May 2019
• That would absolve these women, who in fact share those ends.
  — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2023
• No, this is not an attempt to absolve the Spurs of everything.
  — Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 11 Feb. 2020
• The Tuscaloosa mayor's campaign said Cobb was not absolved from blame.
  — Howard Koplowitz, AL.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• My point is also not to absolve the president of any blame.
  — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 1 Sep. 2021
• Doctorow’s goal isn’t to shame those readers, nor to absolve them.
  — Andy Greenberg, Wired, 12 Oct. 2020
• But that may still not absolve the company in a wrongful death case.
  — Rob Wile, NBC News, 21 June 2023
• Woody Allen went under legal scrutiny twice at the end of the ’90s and was absolved.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 25 July 2023
• Toward the end of their meeting, Biden seems to absolve Parnas.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 7 Sep. 2024
• The report largely seems to absolve the current pope, Francis, of blame.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 11 Nov. 2020
• Vera was absolved of the charges against her last month; Rapa’s case is on appeal.
  — Judy Cantor-Navas, Billboard, 13 Apr. 2018
• But do not use grief as a tool to absolve him of his abusive behavior.
  — refinery29.com, 27 June 2018
• Shrove is rooted in the word shrive, which means to absolve, and people often go to church to confess their sins.
  — Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 24 Jan. 2023
• In this case, the most far-fetched theories are those that absolve Russia.
  — The Economist, 14 Apr. 2018
• Cruz continued to plead for Carlson to absolve him of his sins.
  — Brian Stelter, CNN, 6 Jan. 2022
• Kenna must find a way to absolve the mistakes of her past in order to build a future out of hope and healing.
  — Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2024
• Insurance companies don’t automatically absolve patients of responsibility for a surprise out-of-network bill, and the appeals process is complicated and time-consuming.
  — Keren Landman, Vox, 3 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024