absolution

[US]/æbsə'luːʃ(ə)n/
[UK]/ˌæbsə'luʃən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. forgiveness; pardon; release from guilt.

Phrases & Collocations

receive absolution

ask for absolution

grant absolution

Real-world Examples

And once they're done, they expect absolution.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 3

Prior to that, only bishops and special confessors had been able to give absolution.

Source: BBC Listening Collection November 2016

Alone she would go before God, and cry for His absolution.

Source: South and North (Middle)

You don't get absolution before the confession.

Source: The Scorpion Maid Season 2

Do you have any understanding what absolution is?

Source: Movie: Silence (2016) Original Sound Version

When I regained consciousness, I saw that the parish priest was already there to give me final absolution!

Source: The virtues of human nature.

Are there secrets in your heart which seek absolution through a knowledge of mine?

Source: Lily of the Valley (Part 1)

It's futile, absolution is not available.

Source: Homeland Season 5

" Your Eminence, I am a Christian man, and have never yet been refused absolution" .

Source: The Gadfly (Original Version)

Think, I entreat you, how dreadful a thing it is to die without absolution, with all your sins upon your head.

Source: The Gadfly (Original Version)

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