absolution

absolution

See also: Absolution

English

Etymology

From Middle English absolucion, absolucioun, from Old French absolution, from Latin absolūtiōnem, accusative singular of absolūtiō (“acquittal”), from absolvō (“absolve”). See also absolve.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æb.səˈljuː.ʃn̩/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæb.səˈl(j)u.ʃn̩/
• Rhymes: -uːʃən

Noun

absolution (countable and uncountable, plural absolutions)

1. (ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.][1]
2. The forgiveness of sins, in a general sense. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.][1]
3. The form of words by which a penitent is absolved. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
4. An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]

   Governments granting absolution to the nation.

   • 1919 August, H. L. Mencken, The Smart Set, page 60-1:

     The true aim of medicine is not to make men virtuous; it is to safeguard and rescue them from the consequences of their vices. The physician does not preach repentance; he offers absolution.

5. (civil law, obsolete) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent. [First attested in the early 17^th century.][1]
6. (obsolete) Delivery, in speech.
   • 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter

     the words are chosen , their sound ample , the composition full , the absolution plenteous

Derived terms

• Absolution Day

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewh₃-‎ (0 c, 36 e)

Translations

absolving or setting free from guilt, sin or penalty; forgiveness of an offense

Bulgarian: опрощение (bg) (oproštenie) Catalan: absolució f Czech: rozhřešení n Dutch: absolutie (nl) f, vergiffenis (nl) f Esperanto: absolvo Hungarian: bűnbocsánat (hu) Indonesian: pembebasan dosa Japanese: 解放 (ja) (kaihō) Luxembourgish: Absolutioun Malayalam: പാപമോചനം (pāpamōcanaṃ) Ngazidja Comorian: ghufrani Norwegian: Bokmål: absolusjon (no) m Polish: absolucja (pl) f, rozgrzeszenie (pl) n Portuguese: absolvição (pt) f Russian: проще́ние (ru) n (proščénije) Scottish Gaelic: saoradh m Serbo-Croatian: odrješenje (sh) n, одрјешење n Spanish: absolución (es) f Turkish: bağışlama (tr), mağfiret (tr), yarlıgama (tr)

acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent

Bulgarian: оправдаване (opravdavane), освобождаване от отговорност (osvoboždavane ot otgovornost) Catalan: absolució f Dutch: vrijspraak (nl) m Indonesian: absolusi (id) Japanese: 釈放 (ja) (shakuhō) Maori: whakaharakoretanga Norwegian: Bokmål: absolusjon (no) m Portuguese: absolvição (pt) f Scottish Gaelic: saoradh m Spanish: absolución (es) f Turkish: aklanma (tr), beraat (tr)

exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven

Catalan: absolució f Dutch: absolutie (nl) f Finnish: synninpäästö (fi) German: Absolution (de) f Hungarian: bűnbocsánat (hu) Indonesian: absolusi (id) Norwegian: Bokmål: please add this translation if you can Scottish Gaelic: saoradh m Spanish: absolución (es) f

absolving from ecclesiastical penalties

Bulgarian: опрощение (bg) (oproštenie) Dutch: absolutie (nl) f, dispensatie (nl) f Norwegian: Bokmål: please add this translation if you can Polish: rozgrzeszenie (pl) n, absolucja (pl) f Russian: (please verify) отпуще́ние (грехо́в) n (otpuščénije (grexóv)) Scottish Gaelic: saoradh m Spanish: absolución (es) f Turkish: bağışlama (tr), yarlıgama (tr), mağfiret (tr)

form of words by which a penitent is absolved

Norwegian: Bokmål: please add this translation if you can

delivery, in speech

Norwegian: Bokmål: please add this translation if you can

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Irish: (please verify) aspalóid f Norman: (please verify) absolution f

See also

• indulgence

References

1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absolution”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.

Anagrams

• isobutanol

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French

Etymology

Old French, from Latin absolūtiōnem, accusative singular of absolūtiō (“acquittal”), from absolvō (“absolve”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap.sɔ.ly.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

absolution f (plural absolutions)

1. absolution (from sins or wrongs)
2. (law) acquittal, absolution

Related terms

• absoudre
• absolu
• absolutoire

Further reading

• “absolution”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French absolution, from Latin absolūtiō, absolūtiōnem (“acquittal”), from absolvō, absolvere (“absolve, acquit”), from ab (“from, away from”) + solvō, solvere (“release, loosen, dissolve, take apart”).

Noun

absolution f (plural absolutions)

1. (Jersey) absolution