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- Practice the English pronunciation of absolution with real speech in context.
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- Jacqueline Novogratz: Investing in Africa's own solutions 13 minutes, 39 seconds
as more than chapter one, as our moral absolution.
- Definition summary
- (ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.][1]
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How to pronounce absolution
Jacqueline Novogratz: Investing in Africa's own solutions 13 minutes, 39 seconds
as more than chapter one, as our moral absolution.
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A Deep Dive Into “absolution”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.][1]
- The forgiveness of sins, in a general sense. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.][1]
- The form of words by which a penitent is absolved. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
- An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
- (civil law, obsolete) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent. [First attested in the early 17th century.][1]
- (obsolete) Delivery, in speech.
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