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7 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb grant remission of a sin to
verb let off the hook
originFirst attested in the early 15th century. From Middle English absolven, from Latin absolvere (“set free, acquit”), from ab (“away from”) + solvō (“loosen, free, release”). Doublet of assoil.
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