1 She read me what she had written; and it was direct and clear, and evidently intended to absolve me from any suspicion of profiting by the receipt of the money.
2 I tell you, my dear, I cannot absolve myself from the promises I make to these helpless creatures.
3 But then I remembered that it had died of paralysis and I felt that I too was smiling feebly as if to absolve the simoniac of his sin.
4 A restless feeling of guilt would always be present with him: he would confess and repent and be absolved, confess and repent again and be absolved again, fruitlessly.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 4 5 Nay, more, if you all agree, later, you are absolved from the promise.
6 And remember, moreover, that it is often he who comes off victorious from the strife, absolved of all crime in the eyes of the world.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 35. La Mazzolata. 7 Marriage were an enduring crime on the part of a Templar; but what lesser folly I may practise, I shall speedily be absolved from at the next Preceptory of our Order.
8 She confessed to him, and he absolved her from her sins.