Redeem vs Absolve - What's the difference?
redeem | absolve |
To recover ownership of something by buying it back.
To liberate by payment of a ransom.
To set free by force.
To save, rescue
To clear, release from debt or blame
To expiate, atone (for ...)
(finance) To convert (some bond or security) into cash
To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).
To repair, restore
To reform, change (for the better)
To restore the reputation or honour of oneself or something.
(archaic) To reclaim
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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In lang=en terms the difference between redeem and absolve
is that redeem is to restore the reputation or honour of oneself or something while absolve is to pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically.As verbs the difference between redeem and absolve
is that redeem is to recover ownership of something by buying it back while absolve is to set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc) .redeem
English
Verb
(en verb)Synonyms
* (recover ownership) buy back, repurchaseAntonyms
* abandonDerived terms
* redeem oneself * redeemable * redeemably * redeemer * unredeemable * unredeemably * unredeemedabsolve
English
Verb
(absolv)- You will absolve a subject from his allegiance.
- and the work begun, how soon absolv’d ,
