absolution
Example Sentences
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Art can have immutable significance to us regardless of what its creators are alleged to have done; thus, the supposed absolution offered by the notion of separating the art from the artist.
From Salon • May 14, 2026
But even if you don’t believe any of that, Leo is the head of the Roman Catholic Church, the largest organization on Earth spreading that message of absolution through belief.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026
Did writing the book make you think about aging or absolution differently at all?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
"Repatriation would not be moral absolution, if someone came back it wouldn't prevent them from potentially being prosecuted for what they've done," he said.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2025
I have told this story many times, not out of bravado, but out of a need for absolution.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Vocabulary lists containing absolution
Frankenstein
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Bless Me, Ultima
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"Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began" by Art Spiegelman
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