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Absolve vs Deliverance - What's the difference?

absolve | deliverance |

As a verb absolve

is to set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc) .

As a noun deliverance is

act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered.

absolve

English

Verb

(absolv)
  • To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).
    • You will absolve a subject from his allegiance.
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  • (obsolete) To resolve; to explain; to solve.
  • * '>citation
  • To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt.
  • (legal) To pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for.
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  • (theology) To grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to.
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  • (theology) To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin.
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  • (obsolete) To finish; to accomplish.
  • * , line 94
    • and the work begun, how soon absolv’d ,
  • To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically.

    • Usage notes

    * Normally followed by the word from . * Normally followed by the word from .

    Synonyms

    * (set free) excuse, exempt, free, release * (pronounce free or give absolution) acquit, exculpate, exonerate, pardon, remit, vindicate * remit

    Derived terms

    * absolver

    Related terms

    * absolute * absolution

    References

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    deliverance

    English

    Alternative forms

    * delivraunce (obsolete) * deliveraunce (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Act of delivering, the state of being delivered, or something delivered.
  • Extrication from danger, imprisonment, rescue etc.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Philip E. Mirowski , title=Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits , volume=100, issue=1, page=87 , magazine= citation , passage=In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.}}

    Synonyms

    * delivery