absolve

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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

However, the Nuremberg tribunals after World War II established in international law that obeying an unlawful order does not absolve an individual of responsibility for atrocities.

From Slate • Dec. 3, 2025

That the prison had been overcrowded at the time didn’t absolve it from its responsibility to provide the plaintiff, whose doctor had advised to avoid tobacco smoke, with a smoke-free environment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

And then go the next day to absolve myself.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2025

I never bothered to notice before how thoroughly I’ve relied on Anatole to justify and absolve me here.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver