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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

사면하다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: samyeonhada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Absolve/əbˈzɒlv/
verbCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #7500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"판사는 피고인을 용서하고 사면하기로 했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To set or declare (someone) free from blame, guilt, or responsibility.

    "The jury's verdict served to absolve the defendant of all charges against him."
  2. 2

    To forgive someone of sin, typically in a religious or sacramental context.

    "The priest absolved the penitent after hearing his confession."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'absolvere', composed of 'ab-' (away from) and 'solvere' (to loosen, untie). Entering Middle English via Old French in the 14th century, it historically shifted from a literal sense of untying or releasing to a legal and ecclesiastical sense of freeing someone from blame, guilt, or obligation.

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