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absolved, ppl. a.|æbˈsɒlvd, æbz-|
[f. prec. + -ed.]
1. Set free, delivered, cleared.
1535Coverdale Jer. vii. 9 Tush, we are absolued quyte, though we haue done all these abhominacions. 1651Hobbes Leviathan iii. xlii. 275 In case the absolved have but a feigned Repentance. 1815Scott Ld. of Isles vi. xxix. Even if now He stood absolved of spousal vow. 1876Freeman Norm. Conq. I. v. 375 He may have thought himself absolved from his duty.
†2. Cleared up, solved; completed. Obs.
1577Hellowes Gueuara's Fam. Ep. 171 Beholde your doubt absolued. 1615Crooke Body of Man. 301 When the Infant is perfected and absolued the vitall heate floweth onely from the heart as from a most plentifull fountaine. |