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absolution

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absolution
noun
Christian Church
she had been given absolution for her sins:
forgiveness, pardoning, exoneration, remission, dispensation, indulgence, purgation, clemency, mercy;
pardon, reprieve, discharge, amnesty, delivery, acquittal, clearing;
freedom, liberation, deliverance, release;
condoning, vindication, exculpation;
informal let-off, letting off;
archaic shrift, shriving.
antonyms punishment.
absolution Oxford Dictionary of English