ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Absolve, acquit, exonerate all mean to free from blame. Absolve is a general word for this idea. To acquit is to release from a specific and usually formal accusation: The court must acquit the accused if there is not enough evidence of guilt.

Detailed explanation-2: -The noun guilt stems from the Old English word gylt, meaning “crime, sin, fault, or fine.” Feelings of guilt are typical after you’ve done something you shouldn’t have, like cheating on your spelling test or stealing from your little brother’s piggy bank. We often say that our conscience is the source of this feeling.

Detailed explanation-3: -To be absolved is to be let off the hook, to be set free from a certain obligation or to be forgiven for a wrongdoing. The Church may absolve you of your sins, but that won’t absolve you of the need to attend mass. The Latin absolvere, which means “to set free, ” is the root of the word absolve.

Detailed explanation-4: -formal : to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt. The jury absolved the defendants of their crimes. Her youth does not absolve her of responsibility for her actions. formal : to pardon or forgive (a sin) : to remit (a sin) by absolution.