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What does absolves mean?

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Verb
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of absolve
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It is only when Conrad's case is taken on by an understanding therapist who absolves him of his guilt that he can be cured.
The film absolves us of any obligation to remember the disasters that followed.
Not making a decision absolves procrastinators of responsibility for the outcome of events.
Conveniently for him, it absolves journalists from having any responsibility for getting their facts straight in the first place.
There, he says, the cost of calling you or attaching a note to the bottle was low, hence the supplier's failure to secure your consent absolves you of all obligation to pay.
I don't think it absolves the low-level MPs from moral responsibility, but it should steer us away from explanations which depend on their moral exceptionality.

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