Seeing that it’s Saturday when Catholics traditionally went to Confession I have got the word ABSOLVE for today
Pius X11
“absolve” in British English
(Definition of absolve from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
USAGE
Should Pope Pius X11 be absolved from his failure to ask Catholic Bishop’s in Germany in WW2 to condemn the enslavement torture and murder of the Jews?Why should he be absolved? He may have been absolved in the confessional but ……….
From Merriam Webster
Examples
“A week of staying home from work, absolved of all household duties, waited on hand and foot by your significant other—it’s not a dream. It’s what happens when you have surgery on your foot and can’t walk on it.” — Liz Soares, CentralMaine.com, 4 Oct. 2015
Souls turn white after receiving Absolution.Photo of the starlings by Mike Flemming who discovered they confess their sins every week,,, so listen!
“The amnesty program absolves delinquent taxpayers of interest and fines on back taxes owed to the state, as long as those taxes are paid in full.” — Josh Arnett, The McPherson (Kansas) Sentinel, 6 Oct. 2015MORE
Many words contain “solve” which is from the Latin solvere
1400-50; late Middle English solven < Latin solvere to loosen, free, release, dissolve
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