absolve

absolve is a Verb

Definition:

[1] 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. Halifax was absolved by a majority of fourteen. Macaulay.

[2] To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt. In his name I absolve your perjury. Gibbon.

[3] To finish; to accomplish. [Obs.] The work begun, how soon absolved. Milton.

[4] To resolve or explain. [Obs.] "We shall not absolve the doubt." Sir T. Browne.