(n.) An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
(n.) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring and accused person innocent.
(n.) The exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven.
(n.) An absolving from ecclesiastical penalties, -- for example, excommunication.
(n.) The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
(n.) Delivery, in speech.
Example Sentences:
(1) The absolute recoveries of diazepam, nordazepam and flurazepam in human milk were 84, 86 and 92% and in human plasma 97, 89 and 94%, respectively.
(2) Other haematological parameters remained normal, with the exception of the absolute number of lymphocytes, which initially fell sharply but soon returned to, and even exceeded, control levels.
(3) No relationship was found with the absolute value of either peak or area GH.
(4) The guanethidine treatment resulted in an 86% absolute reduction in cell number in the superior cervical ganglia of 15 day old rats.
(5) The absolute level of ventilatory capacity resembles that of Nepalese children and differs from that of some other groups.
(6) Lipoprotein electrophoresis on agarose gel has been modified to allow estimation of the absolute quantity of each fraction.
(7) Paired tolbutamide and glucose infusions using a square wave technique demonstrated that although early phase insulin secretion is dimished in the fetus, this is not due to an absolute deficiency of stored insulin.
(8) Significant differences in the pharmacological characteristics of the alpha 2 adrenoceptor were observed between the tissues with reference to both absolute drug affinities as well as rank order of drug potency.
(9) This stimulation is mediated by one receptor with an apparent affinity of 3.3 X 10(-6) M. The hydroxyl group in the para position on phenylethanolamine was absolutely necessary to obtain an agonist whereas the meta hydroxyl group or the presence of a catechol almost suppressed the activity.
(10) The early absolute but transient dependence of these A-MuLV mast cell transformants on a fibroblast feeder suggests a multistep process in their evolution, in which the acquisition of autonomy from factors of mesenchymal cell origin may play an important role.
(11) From this it is clear that either an absolute increase in radiographic density or structural failure are the earliest radiological features.
(12) So far, attempts to produce linolenic acid deficiency in mammals have not revealed an absolute requirement for n-3 fatty acids.
(13) "We absolutely regret the setbacks Kim Dotcom has had since MegaUpload was taken offline, but we hope he as an entrepreneur will understand our side of the story and the decisions deliberately taken."
(14) But we sent out reconnoitres in the morning; we send out a team in advance and they get halfway down the road, maybe a quarter of the way down the road, sometimes three-quarters of the way down the road – we tried this three days in a row – and then the shelling starts and while I can’t point the finger at who starts the shelling, we get the absolute assurances from the Ukraine government that it’s not them.” Flags on all Australian government buildings will be flown at half-mast on Thursday, and an interdenominational memorial service will be held at St Patrick’s cathedral in Melbourne from 10.30am.
(15) The prime minister said: “I am taking absolutely nothing for granted.
(16) DR(+) cells, however, showed no change in percentage and a lesser drop in absolute numbers, suggesting an increase with advancing disease of DR(+), Ig(-) null cells, which may represent immature B cell precursors.
(17) The wide variation in potency explains the variation found in absolute bioavailability, and the increase in release rate when the pellets are crushed explains the differences seen in peak plasma times, since the pellets will be chewed to varying degrees by the horse.
(18) Methods are in development that will allow determination of absolute blood flow in pertinent vessels via IV-DSA.
(19) When using pair stimula, barbamil shortens the period of absolute nonexcitation and the second phase of depression in the cycle of restituted H-reflexes to the second stimula in the pair.
(20) Immune complex- and A23187-induced 20:4 release was absolutely dependent on extracellular Ca2+.
Acquittal
Definition:
(n.) The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.
(n.) A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court.
Example Sentences:
(1) He said that some voters would see Monday's acquittal as a positive step in the reforms recently enacted by the prime minister, Najib Razak.
(2) Because of multiple effusions of blood of variable age located at the child's body the stepmother was noticed and accused of assault and battery, but the trial ended in acquittal.
(3) Noye claimed the way the press had reported his acquittal in the Fordham case was "absolutely scandalous".
(4) Speaking outside Southwark crown court minutes after the acquittal by the eight-man, four-woman jury, Redknapp said he and his family had been through a "nightmare" as they waited for justice.
(5) After winning stage three, he maintains his advantage until the end of the race, despite the UCI revealing it would challenge the Spaniard's domestic acquittal on doping charges.
(6) Today's verdict ‑ the striking-off of Wakefield and Prof John Walker-Smith, who was in charge of the department of paediatric gastroenterology at the Royal Free hospital in London, where the research took place and the acquittal of the-then junior consultant Simon Murch, who had doubts about the project ‑ was about ethics and honesty, not science.
(7) If the law was changed, Macpherson predicted, fresh trials after acquittal would be exceptional and appropriate safeguards would be essential.
(8) Announcing that the acquittal on 1 November was erroneous, the Athens public prosecutor's office said the journalist should be retried by a higher misdemeanour court on the same charges.
(9) The appeal judges concluded that there was "sufficient reliable and substantial new evidence to justify the quashing of the acquittal and to order a new trial".
(10) "These writers keep getting tried, and we keep getting acquittals."
(11) Many will have been surprised by the officer's acquittal yesterday after a district judge concluded that the prosecution had failed to prove that he had not acted in "lawful self-defence."
(12) Yet not one had raised similar concerns about the acquittal of Nicholas Jacobs on a charge of murdering PC Keith Blakelock at Broadwater Farm the previous day ( Report , 10 April).
(13) The verdict is above all a triumph of state power, exemplified by the acquittal of the interior ministry's main commanders who oversaw police actions during the revolution.
(14) It is not uncommon for illiberal – in this case, deeply authoritarian – regimes to use a security threat (whether real, imagined, or self-created) as a pretext for singling out alleged ‘traitors’ and cracking down on civil society and individual critics.” Lawyer Khalid Bagirov, who is acting on behalf of all four activists, said the arrests are politically motivated, and added that their acquittal is nigh on “impossible”.
(15) The radical Islamist preacher Abu Qatada will not be able to return to Britain despite his surprise acquittal by the Jordanian state security court on terrorism conspiracy charges.
(16) He said the "adversarial nature of our criminal trial system in this country is designed to test the evidence given by witnesses; be they for the prosecution or defence so as to ensure safe conviction and acquittal of the innocent".
(17) "We were innocent when the Kremlin locked us up: it was not amnesty that we expected from Putin; we demand acquittal," she told the Guardian.
(18) If white Americans need black villains to feel superior in their decline as 2015 closes – and as the leading demagogue Republican candidate for president can confirm, they do – then innocent victims like Tamir will continue to be killed, and those who do so will be rewarded with acquittal, fame or even promotion .
(19) Rees, a convicted criminal, attacked the police's conduct after his acquittal claiming they had ignored 40 other suspects and added: "One disgraceful aspect is that senior police purported to take seriously people with mental health problems and career criminals merely trying to benefit themselves."
(20) They conclude that dismissal based on incompetence to stand trial became a substitute for acquittal based on the insanity plea under mens rea.