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But in the letter to GKN executives, the county argued that the donation did not absolve the company of liability or of costs incurred by taxpayers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

Platner, 41, was already asking voters to absolve him of all prior actions up to five years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

The Student Group Claim argues this basic principle of consumer law overrides any clauses in university contracts which seek to absolve the institution from responsibility for disruption.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

This documentary doesn’t absolve any sins; it highlights them.

From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2026

This doesn’t absolve me of blame—there’s plenty of blame to go around.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

Martinique official Serge Letchimy hailed a vote that he said had come "to shatter a system that tramples on the truth, absolves the guilty, and scorns the victims".

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

In order to receive their raw footage, Ms Stanton has asked clients to sign a "contract" that absolves Wallflower Weddings Videography of editing their final film.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025

That view absolves us of trying to understand the systemic source of those indignities as something other than unkindness.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2024

But Morrissey, the prosecutor, appears to be skeptical of Baldwin’s statements about the trigger and whether that absolves him of guilt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024

Saying kaddish and sitting shiva, that absolves them of any responsibility for you.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

“The beauty of this narrative was that it not only absolved Jefferson and his fellow slaveholders of their sins; it absolved America as a whole,” Mr. Rasenberger writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

But the jury absolved Musk of “engaging in a scheme to defraud Twitter investors.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

Ohtani was absolved of wrongdoing and described as a victim by federal authorities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025

Two official inquiries then took place which absolved MI5 and its officers of deliberate wrongdoing, claiming the false evidence was down to mistakes and poor memories.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025

The test result does not have the desired effect of making me feel absolved or even clean.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Today's move "strengthens expectations" of the health board bosses he said, rather than absolving them of responsibility.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Moolenaar redeemed Suozzi, absolving him of any New York weirdness.

From Salon ● May 29, 2026

As you suggested, this is often referred to as an “act of God” — absolving Adam of any negligence/responsibility.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

But that may have been the actor’s way of absolving himself of his monstrous off-screen behavior.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

I walk away from her, guilt on my hands, absolving myself: I’m a good person.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood