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Absolution vs Liberation - What's the difference?

absolution | liberation |

As nouns the difference between absolution and liberation

is that absolution is absolution while liberation is deliverance.

absolution

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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.
  • (Shipley)
  • An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
  • Government ... granting absolution to the nation.
  • (obsolete) Delivery, in speech.
  • (Ben Jonson)

    Derived terms

    * Absolution day

    See also

    * indulgence

    References

    Anagrams

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    liberation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
  • The process of striving to achieve equal rights and status.
  • Derived terms

    * animal liberation * women's liberation