🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

दोषमुक्त करना

Pronunciation / Transliteration: doshmukt karna

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Absolve/əbˈzɒlv/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"अदालत ने उसे सभी आरोपों से दोषमुक्त कर दिया।"

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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 verb absolvere, meaning 'to loosen from', composed of ab- ('away from') and solvere ('to loosen or dissolve'). Entering Middle English via Old French in the late 14th century, the word originally retained its literal sense of setting free or untying, gradually shifting toward its current legal and theological meaning of declaring someone free from guilt, blame, or responsibility.

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