Synonyms for absolution
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Forgiveness — an acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent
forgiveness, acquittal, pardon, exoneration, vindication, release, excuse, clearance, discharge, quittance, exculpation, disculpation, compurgation, acquittance dated, acquitment dated, assoilment dated
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Definitions
- n. 1
An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent.
- n. 2
An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
Related words
- Word family
- absolutionary
Forms
- Plural
- absolutions → forgivenesses, acquittals, pardons, exonerations…
Choose the right word
Absolution is a religious word (compare synonyms for ABSOLVE).
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- forgiveness Yanni and Skura were both begging for forgiveness.
- pardon I beg your pardon; I didn't quite catch your name.
- acquittal By definition the fact it’s depression means it’ll be an acquittal.
- remission Doctors declared Layla's cancer in remission.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| absolution | rising | |
| forgiveness | rising | |
| pardon | steady | |
| acquittal | falling | |
| exoneration | steady | |
| remission | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- excuse2, pardon2, shrift1
- 7 letters
- release2
- 8 letters
- remittal
- 9 letters
- clearance2, discharge2, remission3, acquittal3, quittance
- 10 letters
- acquitment, assoilment
- 11 letters
- forgiveness3, vindication4, exoneration5, exculpation, acquittance
- 12 letters
- disculpation, compurgation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (excuse2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- absolution
- Italiano
- assoluzione
- Español
- absolución
- Deutsch
- Lossprechung