verb (v)

• grant remission of a sin to(verb.communication)

  Example:
  The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's.
  

  Synonym:
  shrive
  

  source: wordnet30
• let off the hook(verb.communication)

  Example:
  I absolve you from this responsibility.
  

  Synonym:
  free, justify
  Antonym:
  blame, fault
  

  source: wordnet30
• To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would be sin or guilt to violate; to pronounce free; as, to absolve a subject from his allegiance; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment.(verb)

  source: webster1913