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absolution

[ab-suh-loo-shuhn] / ˌæb səˈlu ʃən /


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Compounding the novel’s Gothic gloom is the sense that these confessions do not provide their speakers any absolution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Did writing the book make you think about aging or absolution differently at all?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026

While absolution is central to Welby's lifelong faith, his forgiveness of Smyth may sit uncomfortably with some survivors, who have accused him of failing to engage with them.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2025

For some, procrastination until the precipice of death inevitably led to a rather stressful process of deathbed absolution.

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2025

Here she was, offering a possibility of absolution.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan


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