Vocabulary
Absolve
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
declare (someone) free from guilt, obligation, or punishment.
Urdu meaning
حل کرنا، بری کرنا، فارغ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The recent statement by Mayor Murtaza Wahab that Karachi`s drains are designed to handle only 40mm of rain certainly does not absolve him of his responsibility to rectify matters.
- This othering of communities is another form of denial, as is the rush to absolve the state, or condemn the jirga system, or paint all Baloch as backward or BLA sympathisers.
- Those only blaming climate change are, in effect, attempting to absolve themselves of accountability for bad urban planning and poor governance.
- Posterity will never absolve humankind from the stain of inaction in such circumstances.
- Yet the fact that the Palestinians are resisting a brutal occupation does not absolve the international community of the responsibility of stopping Israel`s mass murder.
Synonyms
exonerate, discharge, acquit, exculpate, vindicate; release, relieve, liberate, free
Antonyms
blame, condemn, punish
Curator example
“the pardon absolved them of any crimes”
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