The priest read the prayers of absolution over Tom after hearing his confession.
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Absolution
//æb.səˈljuː.ʃn̩//
Synonyms for "absolution" (38 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (19)
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1 entriesderived
3 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
2 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
66 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- إِبْرَاء noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
- تَبْرِئَة noun (acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent)
- غُفْرَان noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
Bulgarian
4 entries- оправдаване noun (acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent)
- опрощение noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
- опрощение noun (absolving from ecclesiastical penalties)
- освобождаване от отговорност noun (acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent)
Catalan
3 entries- absolució noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
- absolució noun (acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent)
- absolució noun (exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven)
Czech
1 entries- rozhřešení noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
Danish
1 entries- absolution noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
Dutch
4 entries- absolutie noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
- absolutie noun (exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven)
- absolutie noun (absolving from ecclesiastical penalties)
- dispensatie noun (absolving from ecclesiastical penalties)
Esperanto
1 entries- absolvo noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
Finnish
1 entries- synninpäästö noun (exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven)
German
2 entries- Absolution noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
- Absolution noun (exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven)
Greek
2 entries- άφεση noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
- άφεση noun (absolving from ecclesiastical penalties)
Hungarian
2 entries- bűnbocsánat noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
- bűnbocsánat noun (exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven)
Indonesian
4 entries- absolusi noun (acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent)
- absolusi noun (exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven)
- pembebasan noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
- pengampunan noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
Japanese
2 entries- 解放 noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
- 釈放 noun (acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Absolutioun noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
Malayalam
1 entries- പാപമോചനം noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
Māori
1 entries- whakaharakoretanga noun (acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- ghufrani noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- absolusjon noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
- absolusjon noun (acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent)
Polish
4 entries- absolucja noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
- absolucja noun (absolving from ecclesiastical penalties)
- rozgrzeszenie noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
- rozgrzeszenie noun (absolving from ecclesiastical penalties)
Portuguese
2 entries- absolvição noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
- absolvição noun (acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent)
Russian
2 entries- отпуще́ние noun (absolving from ecclesiastical penalties)
- проще́ние noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- saoradh noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
- saoradh noun (acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent)
- saoradh noun (exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven)
- saoradh noun (absolving from ecclesiastical penalties)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- odrješenje noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
- одрјешење noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
Spanish
4 entries- absolución noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
- absolución noun (acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent)
- absolución noun (exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven)
- absolución noun (absolving from ecclesiastical penalties)
Turkish
4 entries- aklanma noun (acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent)
- bağışlama noun (absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense)
- bağışlama noun (absolving from ecclesiastical penalties)
- beraat noun (acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
The new surge coincides with an acute shortage of vaccines in some Indian states, along with the annual Kumbh Mela, or pitcher festival, on the Ganges River, where millions of Hindu devotees bathe to seek absolution, raising fears it could evolve into a superspreader event.
Source: tatoeba (11375596)
Governments granting absolution to the nation.
Source: wiktionary
The true aim of medicine is not to make men virtuous; it is to safeguard and rescue them from the consequences of their vices. The physician does not preach repentance; he offers absolution.
Source: wiktionary
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