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Absolve

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to formally declare someone free from blame, guilt, or obligation
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Stage 1 of 2
absolvere
Latin · ancient
"to free from guilt"
to loosen away, to free from guilt, from ab- (away) and solvere (to loosen)
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Stage 2 of 2
absolve
English · 1400s
"to formally free someone from guilt or blame"
settled as the English word for formally freeing someone from guilt or blame
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