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▸ verb:  (transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To resolve; to explain; to solve.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt.
▸ verb:  (transitive, law) To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for.
▸ verb:  (transitive, theology) To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to.
▸ verb:  (transitive, theology) To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To finish; to accomplish.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically.

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