Absolution

Synonyms For the Word
“absolution”

acquittal:
Definition:    declaration removing blame
Synonyms:    absolution, acquitting, amnesty, clearance, deliverance, discharge, discharging, dismissal, dismissing, exculpation, exemption, exoneration, freeing, letting off, liberation, pardon, release, releasing, relief from, reprieve, vindication
Antonyms:   blame, censure, conviction, denunciation, doom, sentence

amnesty:
Definition:    pardon, often by government
Synonyms:    absolution, condonation, dispensation, forgiveness, immunity, reprieve

blessing:
Definition:    sanctification
Synonyms:    absolution, benedicite, benediction, benison, commendation, consecration, dedication, divine sanction, grace, invocation, laying on of hands, thanks, thanksgiving
Antonyms:   blight, condemnation, curse, Darnification, disapproval

condonation:
Definition:    pardon
Synonyms:    absolution, amnesty, condonance, forgiveness, release

exculpation:

exemption:
Definition:    freedom from a responsibility
Synonyms:    absolution, discharge, dispensation, exception, exoneration, immunity, impunity, privilege, release
Antonyms:   accountability, answerability, liability, responsibility

exoneration:
Definition:    vindication
Synonyms:    absolution, acquittal, exculpation, pardon

forgiveness:
Definition:    pardon; end of blame
Synonyms:    absolution, acquittal, amnesty, charity, clemency, compa**ion, condonation, dispensation, exculpation, exoneration, extenuation, grace, immunity, impunity, indemnity, justification, lenience, lenity, mercy, overlooking, palliation, purgation, quarter, quittance, remission, remittal, reprieve, respite, vindication
Antonyms:   accusation, blame, censure, charge, punishment, sentence

justification:
Definition:    reason, excuse
Synonyms:    absolution, account, acquittal, advocacy, answer, apologia, apology, approval, argument, basis, confirmation, defense, exculpation, exoneration, explanation, extenuation, grounds, idea, mitigation, palliation, palliative, plea, pretext, raison d'ętre, rationale, rationalization, rebuttal, redemption, reply, response, salvation, sanctification, song and dance, story, support, validation, vindication, warrant, whatfor, wherefore, whitewashing, whole idea, why and wherefore

lustration:
Definition:    purification
Synonyms:    ablution, absolution, atonement, baptism, bathing, catharsis, depuration, disinfection, distillation, expiation, expurgation, forgiveness, grace, lavation, laving, purgation, purge, purifying, rarefaction, rebirth, redemption, refinement, regeneration, salvation, sanctification, washing

mercy:
Synonyms:    forgiveness, indulgence, clemency, leniency, lenity, tenderness, mildness.

pardon:
Definition:    forgiveness
Synonyms:       absolution, acquittal, allowance, amnesty, anchor, clemency, commute, conciliation, condonation, discharge, exculpation, excuse, exoneration, forbearance, freeing, grace, indemnification, indemnity, indulgence, justification, kindness, lifeboat, lifesaver, mercy, release, remission, reprieve, vindication
Notes:      a pardon is the act of excusing a mistake or offense; an excuse is an explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness
Antonyms:   chastisement, condemnation, Darning, ostracization, penalty, punishment

penance:
Definition:    reparation for wrong
Synonyms:    absolution, atonement, attrition, compensation, compunction, confession, contrition, expiation, forgiveness, hair shirt, mortification, penalty, penitence, punishment, purgation, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, retribution, rue, ruth, sackcloth and ashes, self-flagellation, shrift, sorrow, suffering

purification:
Definition:    freeing, cleansing
Synonyms:    ablution, absolution, atonement, baptism, bathing, catharsis, depuration, disinfection, distillation, expiation, expurgation, forgiveness, grace, lavation, laving, lustration, purgation, purge, purifying, rarefaction, rebirth, redemption, refinement, regeneration, salvation, sanctification, washing
Antonyms:   adulteration, corruption, dirtying, pollution

release:
Definition:    delivery; dispensation
Synonyms:    absolution, acquittal, acquittance, charge, clemency, commute, deliverance, discharge, emancipation, exemption, exoneration, floater, freedom, freeing, let-off, liberation, liberty, lifeboat, lifesaver, manumission, relief, spring, turnout, walkout
Antonyms:   check, collection, gathering, hold

remission:
G-859. aphesis, af'-es-is;
from G-863; freedom; (fig.) pardon:--deliverance, forgiveness, liberty, remission.

G-863. aphiemi, af-ee'-ay-mee;
from G-575 and  hiemi (to send; an intens. form of  eimi, to go); to send forth, in various applications (as follow):--cry, forgive, forsake, lay aside, leave, let (alone, be, go, have), omit, put (send) away, remit, suffer, yield up.

G-575. apo, apo';
a prim. particle; "off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; lit. or fig.):--(X here-) after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for (-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-) on (-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.

reprieve:

Absolution
Definition:    forgiveness
Synonyms:    acquittal, amnesty, compurgation, exculpation, forgiveness, mercy, pardon, release

1. act of absolving; a freeing from blame or guilt; release from consequences, obligations, or penalties.

2. state of being absolved

3. Roman Catholic Theology.
a remission of sin or of the punishment for sin, made by a

   a. priest in the sacrament of penance on the ground of authority received from Christ

   b. the formula declaring such remission

4. Protestant Theology.
a declaration or a**urance of divine forgiveness to penitent believers, made after confession of sins.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME absolucion < L absolűtiôn- (s. of absolűtiô) acquittal.
See absolute, -ion
Definition:    forgiveness

Synonyms:
2. unadulterated, sheer, unqualified, undiluted, uncontaminated.
4. total, unconditional.
Absolute, unqualified, utter all mean unmodified.
Absolute implies an unquestionable finality: an absolute coward.
Unqualified means without reservations or conditions: an unqualified success.
Utter expresses totality or entirety: an utter failure.
5. autocratic, dictatorial, totalitarian.
6. categorical.
7. unequivocal, definite, sure.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L absolűtus free, unrestricted, unconditioned (ptp. of absolvere to absolve ), equiv. to ab- ab- + solű- loosen + -tus ptp. suffix

Word Origin & History

absolve 
1535, from L. absolvere "set free, loosen, acquit," from ab- "from" + solvere "loosen" (see solve).

Word Origin & History

solve 
c.1440, "to disperse, dissipate, loosen," from L. solvere "to loosen, dissolve, untie," from PIE *se-lu-, from reflexive pronoun *swe- + base *leu- "to loosen, divide, cut apart" (cf. Gk. lyein "to loosen, release, untie," O.E. -leosan "to lose," leas "loose;" see lose). The meaning "explain, answer" is attested from c.1533; for sense evolution, see solution. Mathematical use is attested from 1737.

Forgiveness,
is thee Only way to Solve the The Problem.

Luke 23:34
Then said Jesus,
Father,
forgive them;
for they know not what they do.

4. Protestant Theology.
a declaration or assurance of divine forgiveness to penitent believers, made after confession of sins.

Although that may be true,
It doesn't negate the fact that The Protestants have a take on the Word as well, and are just as Wrong With their Understanding Of God And Jesus's "Absolution"...!!!

Without you or any getting Hot under the collar,
It's The Meaning of the Word that I'm bring into Veiw, and Tracking it Back To where it came from And what it means to day,
(With God And forgiveness)

You're missing the Point,

"Without you or any getting Hot under the collar,
It's The Meaning of the Word that I'm bring into Veiw, and Tracking it Back To where it came from And what it means to day,
(With God And forgiveness)"

acquittal:
Definition:    declaration removing blame
Synonyms:    absolution, acquitting, amnesty, clearance, deliverance, discharge, discharging, dismissal, dismissing, exculpation, exemption, exoneration, freeing, letting off, liberation, pardon, release, releasing, relief from, reprieve, vindication
Antonyms:   blame, censure, conviction, denunciation, doom, sentence

amnesty:
Definition:    pardon, often by government
Synonyms:    absolution, condonation, dispensation, forgiveness, immunity, reprieve

blessing:
Definition:    sanctification
Synonyms:    absolution, benedicite, benediction, benison, commendation, consecration, dedication, divine sanction, grace, invocation, laying on of hands, thanks, thanksgiving
Antonyms:   blight, condemnation, curse, Darnification, disapproval

condonation:
Definition:    pardon
Synonyms:    absolution, amnesty, condonance, forgiveness, release

exculpation:

exemption:
Definition:    freedom from a responsibility
Synonyms:    absolution, discharge, dispensation, exception, exoneration, immunity, impunity, privilege, release
Antonyms:   accountability, answerability, liability, responsibility

exoneration:
Definition:    vindication
Synonyms:    absolution, acquittal, exculpation, pardon

forgiveness:
Definition:    pardon; end of blame
Synonyms:    absolution, acquittal, amnesty, charity, clemency, compassion, condonation, dispensation, exculpation, exoneration, extenuation, grace, immunity, impunity, indemnity, justification, lenience, lenity, mercy, overlooking, palliation, purgation, quarter, quittance, remission, remittal, reprieve, respite, vindication
Antonyms:   accusation, blame, censure, charge, punishment, sentence

justification:
Definition:    reason, excuse
Synonyms:    absolution, account, acquittal, advocacy, answer, apologia, apology, approval, argument, basis, confirmation, defense, exculpation, exoneration, explanation, extenuation, grounds, idea, mitigation, palliation, palliative, plea, pretext, raison d'ętre, rationale, rationalization, rebuttal, redemption, reply, response, salvation, sanctification, song and dance, story, support, validation, vindication, warrant, whatfor, wherefore, whitewashing, whole idea, why and wherefore

lustration:
Definition:    purification
Synonyms:    ablution, absolution, atonement, baptism, bathing, catharsis, depuration, disinfection, distillation, expiation, expurgation, forgiveness, grace, lavation, laving, purgation, purge, purifying, rarefaction, rebirth, redemption, refinement, regeneration, salvation, sanctification, washing

mercy:
Synonyms:    forgiveness, indulgence, clemency, leniency, lenity, tenderness, mildness.

pardon:
Definition:    forgiveness
Synonyms:       absolution, acquittal, allowance, amnesty, anchor, clemency, commute, conciliation, condonation, discharge, exculpation, excuse, exoneration, forbearance, freeing, grace, indemnification, indemnity, indulgence, justification, kindness, lifeboat, lifesaver, mercy, release, remission, reprieve, vindication
Notes:      a pardon is the act of excusing a mistake or offense;
an excuse is an explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness
Antonyms:   chastisement, condemnation, Darning, ostracization, penalty, punishment

penance:
Definition:    reparation for wrong
Synonyms:    absolution, atonement, attrition, compensation, compunction, confession, contrition, expiation, forgiveness, hair shirt, mortification, penalty, penitence, punishment, purgation, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, retribution, rue, ruth, sackcloth and ashes, self-flagellation, shrift, sorrow, suffering

purification:
Definition:    freeing, cleansing
Synonyms:    ablution, absolution, atonement, baptism, bathing, catharsis, depuration, disinfection, distillation, expiation, expurgation, forgiveness, grace, lavation, laving, lustration, purgation, purge, purifying, rarefaction, rebirth, redemption, refinement, regeneration, salvation, sanctification, washing
Antonyms:   adulteration, corruption, dirtying, pollution

release:
Definition:    delivery; dispensation
Synonyms:    absolution, acquittal, acquittance, charge, clemency, commute, deliverance, discharge, emancipation, exemption, exoneration, floater, freedom, freeing, let-off, liberation, liberty, lifeboat, lifesaver, manumission, relief, spring, turnout, walkout
Antonyms:   check, collection, gathering, hold

remission:
G-859. aphesis, af'-es-is;
from G-863; freedom; (fig.) pardon:--deliverance, forgiveness, liberty, remission.

G-863. aphiemi, af-ee'-ay-mee;
from G-575 and  hiemi (to send; an intens. form of  eimi, to go); to send forth, in various applications (as follow):--cry, forgive, forsake, lay aside, leave, let (alone, be, go, have), omit, put (send) away, remit, suffer, yield up.

G-575. apo, apo';
a prim. particle; "off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; lit. or fig.):--(X here-) after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for (-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-) on (-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.

reprieve:

Matthew 26:26
And as they were eating,
Jesus took bread,
and blessed it,
and brake it,
and gave it to the disciples,
and said,
Take,
eat;
this is my body.

Matthew 26:27
And he took the cup,
and gave thanks,
and gave it to them,
saying,
Drink ye all of it;

Matthew 26:28
For this is my blood of the new testament,
which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Matthew 26:29
But I say unto you,
I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine,
until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.