Ablution vs Absolution - What's the difference?
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The act of washing something.
# (chemistry) Originally, the purifying of oils and other substances by emulsification with hot water; now more generally, a thorough cleansing of a precipitate or other non-dissolved substance.
# The act of washing or cleansing the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.
# (literary, or, humorous, usually, in the plural) Washing oneself; bathing, cleaning oneself up.
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The liquid used in the cleansing or ablution.
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The ritual consumption by the deacon or priest of leftover sacred wine of host after the Communion.
(pluralonly, UK, military) The location or building where the showers and sinks are located.
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(ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
Forgiveness of sins, in a general sense.
The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
(obsolete) Delivery, in speech.
As nouns the difference between ablution and absolution
is that ablution is the act of washing something while absolution is an absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.ablution
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(en noun)- Cast the ablutions in the main.
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absolution
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(en noun)- (Shipley)
- Government ... granting absolution to the nation.
- (Ben Jonson)
