(v. t.) To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment.
(v. t.) To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.
(v. t.) To finish; to accomplish.
(v. t.) To resolve or explain.
Example Sentences:
(1) Religious efforts to address the issue have also been complicit in absolving men of their crimes, objectifying women and doing more harm than good with campaigns that blame women for the phenomenon.
(2) Their actions suggested that while Brown was busy unilaterally absolving the inequities of our colonial past, the Iraqis are still dealing with the iniquities of our colonial present.
(3) The development of body-weight from three anual-sets of children, who are born in the town of Görlitz, from birth to time of school-absolvation is presented.
(4) The company appears to blame multiple agencies and absolve itself of any responsibility for the violence in February that left one asylum seeker dead and dozens injured.
(5) Doctors should be careful not to absolve the government of its public health obligations by substituting unproved preventive interventions aimed at the individual patient.
(6) This raises the prospect that businesses could effectively take an "emissions holiday", absolving them from the need to invest in energy efficiency and renewable power for several years.
(7) Hussain is trying to block the settlement, saying HP officials were wrongly absolved in the ill-fated acquisition of Autonomy for $11.1bn (£6.6bn) in 2011.
(8) We are also dismayed, however, at Tony Blair's recent attempts to absolve himself of any responsibility for the current crisis by isolating it from the legacy of the Iraq war .
(9) Leung’s office told the Age that the agreement “related to past, not future, service”, absolving Leung of the responsibility to disclose his gains.
(10) This does not mean schools will be absolved from any responsibilities in the strategy, since they have a vital role in educating children on diet, providing school sport and ensuring their own school dinners do not contain an excessive amount of fat, Issues that are likely to be tackled in the obesity strategy include: better information for parents on children’s diets; requiring processed products to state how many spoonfuls of added sugar they contain; and making it easier for consumers to make quick comparisons between competing brands.
(11) The drama currently unfolding in Greece has seen politicians stick to a tried and tested formula for passing the buck: when your back's against the wall, lash out at a third party in a desperate attempt to save face and absolve yourself of responsibility.
(12) But Kalashnikov seems to have found a way of absolving himself from any blame or responsibility for his baby's death toll.
(13) Yet they’ve turned into a two-tiered justice system wherein prosecutors are able to manipulate grand juries into pretty much whatever decision they please, and absolve themselves of any accountability when they rig the system for their allies.
(14) Two offsides and a set-piece,” Manuel Pellegrini, the City manager, complained, as he sought to play up the freakish nature of the result and absolve his goalkeeper and central defenders.
(15) Thus the eventual purpose of the counter-claims may not be to absolve the separatists fully, but to suggest they may have used a seized Ukrainian Buk system, rather than one sent across the border from Russia, thus formally absolving Moscow of blame.
(16) They also absolve long-term unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia as a mechanism of hepatic microsomal dysfunction.
(17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Everton manager, however, attempted to absolve Mirallas of blame but conceded the miss had affected the team’s confidence for the remainder of the game, one that extended their dreadful run to one win in 13 matches.
(18) That doesn’t absolve governments of their responsibilities for setting the regulatory framework and enforcement regimes.
(19) It’s ludicrous that people can go into a confessional box and confess horrendous crimes and be absolved.
(20) Newcastle were relegated at the end of that season with Alan Shearer having been drafted in for what was a desperate and ultimately vain attempt to drag them out of trouble, and Kinnear has since absolved himself of any responsibility for that disaster.
Accomplish
Definition:
(v. t.) To complete, as time or distance.
(v. t.) To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a design, an object, a promise.
(v. t.) To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
(v. t.) To gain; to obtain.
Example Sentences:
(1) This has been accomplished by insertion of a desired gene into a pre-existing immortal cell or by immortalizing primary cells.
(2) Precise excision of the masses was thus accomplished and functional and aesthetic reconstruction aided by the conservation of normal anatomical structures.
(3) However, valid electroacoustic evaluation of the DMHAs cannot be accomplished using the conventional hearing aid test box.
(4) Repair may be accomplished by open or closed techniques.
(5) Autonomy, sense of accomplishment and time spent in patient care ranked as the top three factors contributing to job satisfaction.
(6) The sports preparticipation examination can be worthwhile if the musculoskeletal system is examined carefully, with particular regard for the residual disabilities from previous injuries; this can be accomplished in a two-minute orthopedic examination done in addition to the usual physical examination.
(7) These changes were accomplished by an increase in sagittal condylar growth and by bone resorption at the posterior part of the mandibular lower border.
(8) The procedure to accomplish this end utilizes the measured thermal pain threshold, surface temperature, exposure time, and incident energy on a standardized skin site (volar surface of the forearm) to obtain conductivity values.
(9) Gauging the proper end point of methohexital administration is accomplished through skilled observation of the patient.
(10) All was very accomplished; her award-winning photographs have been exhibited in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, and her articles and pictures were published in books, periodicals, and newspapers around the world.
(11) Pharmacokinetic analysis of plasma for PTX concentrations was accomplished utilizing a competitive protein binding assay.
(12) "We have accomplished something that has never happened before," the 68-year-old said.
(13) Y. pestis adenylate cyclase was shown to accomplish its pathogenic action via histamine-specific receptors on the surface of eukaryotic cells.
(14) Amplification of endothelial biomass has been accomplished by using freshly isolated capillaries as explants for primary tissue culture.
(15) Dogs remained asystolic without ventilation for 1.0 (n = 4), 1.5 (n = 3), or 2.0 (n = 3) h. Resuscitation was accomplished with closed-chest compression, mechanical ventilation, i.v.
(16) This was accomplished by sequence studies on the intact peptide as well as on its chymotryptic and papain-generated fragments.
(17) After a median follow-up of 48 months, initial control of disease at the primary site was accomplished in 74% of the patients.
(18) Until this can be accomplished, different emergency maneuvers should be tried.
(19) In group II reconstructive osteotomy and stable, internal fixation with a plate was accomplished.
(20) Exteriorization is accomplished by mobilizing 2 lateral skin flaps from the perineum and joining them with the inverted U flap to reach the vagina.