Emancipate vs Absolve - What's the difference?
emancipate | absolve |
To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as:
# To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child.
# To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country.
To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence; as, to emancipate one from prejudices or error.
* Evelyn
* A. W. Ward
To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).
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(obsolete) To resolve; to explain; to solve.
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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.
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To pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically.
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As verbs the difference between emancipate and absolve
is that emancipate is to set free from the power of another; to liberate; as while absolve is to set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).As an adjective emancipate
is freed; set at liberty.emancipate
English
(Webster 1913)Verb
(emancipat)- From how many troublesome and slavish impertinences he had emancipated and freed himself.
- to emancipate the human conscience
Synonyms
* liberate * manumitDerived terms
* emancipatory * emancipatrixExternal links
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English
Verb
(absolv)- You will absolve a subject from his allegiance.
- and the work begun, how soon absolv’d ,